Use of General Constraint Flags in Video Bitstreams

ABSTRACT

A method includes performing a conversion between a video including video pictures that include one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that one or more syntax structures are constrained based on a constraint flag of a syntax element that includes general constraints information.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Patent ApplicationNo. PCT/CN2021/076552, filed on Feb. 10, 2021, which claims the priorityto and benefits of International Patent Application No.PCT/CN2020/075194, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, all of which are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This patent document relates to image and video coding and decoding.

BACKGROUND

Digital video accounts for the largest bandwidth use on the internet andother digital communication networks. As the number of connected userdevices capable of receiving and displaying video increases, it isexpected that the bandwidth demand for digital video usage will continueto grow.

SUMMARY

The present document discloses techniques that can be used by videoencoders and decoders for video processing in which a conversion isperformed between a coded representation of a video and pixel values ofthe video.

In one example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes a video slice and a bitstream of the video.The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that a slice type ofthe video slice determines a manner by which certain information from apicture header for the video picture is inherited by a slice header ofthe video slice.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes a video slice and a bitstream of the video.The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that a slice type ofthe video slice determines a value of a first syntax element in a videoslice header. The first syntax element specifies a reference index of acollocated picture used for temporal motion vector prediction.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes a video slice and a bitstream of the video.The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that, in case a slicetype of the video slice is type P and temporal motion vector predictionis enabled, usage of reference picture resampling (RPR) for a referencepicture in a collocated reference picture list is disabled. Thereference picture is indicated by a reference index of a collocatedpicture of the video slice used for the temporal motion vectorprediction.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes a video slice and a bitstream of the video.The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that, in case asyntax element in a video slice header indicates that the video slice isnot collocated with a reference picture list 0, a slice type of thevideo slice excludes type P.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes one or more subpictures and a bitstream ofthe video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that afirst syntax element indicating whether an operation is performed acrossa boundary of a subpicture in the coded layer video sequence isselectively included responsive to a number of subpictures in the videopicture.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes one or more subpictures and a bitstream ofthe video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that anumber of subpictures in the video picture in the bitstream isconstrained by a constraint flag in the bitstream.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes one or more subpictures and a bitstream ofthe video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that anumber of slices in a subpicture determines a manner of signalling asyntax element indicating a width of a slice, where the width of theslice is specified as a number of tile columns.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes one or more subpictures and a bitstream ofthe video according to a format rule specifying that whether each of theone or more subpictures in the video picture includes a single slice isdetermined based on a constraint flag.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising videopictures and a bitstream of the video. At least one of the videopictures includes one or more subpictures. The bitstream conforms to aformat rule specifying that, for determining an output sub-bitstream ofone or more target subpictures during a subpicture sub-bitstreamextraction process of the conversion, each target subpicture acrossdifferent video pictures uses a same subpicture index.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes determining an output sub-bitstream by extracting asub-bitstream of one or more target subpictures from a bitstream of avideo comprising video pictures. At least one of the video picturesincludes one or more subpictures and the output sub-bitstream conformsto a format rule specifying that the one or more target subpictures isrepresented as a single subpicture in the output sub-bitstream.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising aninstantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture and a bitstream of thevideo. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that one ormore syntax elements associated with a reference picture list arepresent in a slice header of the IDR picture.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising lumavideo blocks and chroma video blocks and a bitstream of the video. Theluma video blocks are partitioned according to luma partition trees, andthe chroma video blocks are partitioned according to chroma partitiontrees. The bitstream includes luma block splitting informationindicative of the luma partition trees and chroma block splittinginformation indicative of the chroma partition trees. The bitstreamconforms to a rule specifying that the chroma block splittinginformation is allowed to be different from the luma block splittinginformation.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising videopictures that include one or more subpictures and a bitstream of thevideo. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that one ormore syntax structures are constrained based on a constraint flag of asyntax element that includes general constraints information.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video comprising avideo picture that includes a video slice and a bitstream of the video.The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that a slice type ofthe video slice determines a manner by which certain information from apicture header for the video picture is inherited by a slice header ofthe video slice.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein thecoded representation conforms to a syntax rule. The rule specifies thata first indicator at a video picture level and a second indicator at thevideo region level are indicative of use of a temporal motion vectorprediction coding tool during the conversion. The rule specifies acondition under which the first indicator and/or the second indicatorare omitted in the coded representation.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein thecoded representation conforms to a syntax rule; wherein the syntax rulespecifies that information of a header at the video region level isinferred as information of a header at the video unit level.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video comprising multiple pictures organized as a layer-wisevideo sequence and a coded representation of the video; wherein one ormore fields in the coded representation indicate a number of subpicturesin the video unit.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video comprising multiple pictures organized as a layer-wisevideo sequence and a coded representation of the video; wherein thecoded representation conforms to a format rule that specifies that avalue of a second field indicative of a number of subpictures in thevideo unit controls whether a second field indicating applicability of across-subpicture coding tool to the conversion.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video comprising multiple pictures organized as a layer-wisevideo sequence and a coded representation of the video; wherein thecoded representation conforms to a format rule that specifies that anumber of subpictures per video unit controls a value of a syntaxelement in the coded representation.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video comprising multiple pictures organized as a layer-wisevideo sequence and a coded representation of the video wherein the codedrepresentation conforms to a format rule that specifies that a value ofa field indicative of whether a single video slice occurs in a videounit controls a coding characteristic of rectangular slices of thevideo.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video comprising multiple pictures organized as a layer-wisevideo sequence and a coded representation of the video; wherein thecoded representation conforms to a syntax rule that extractedsubpictures across different pictures in the coded representation of thelayer-wide video sequence have a same subpicture index.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video comprising multiple pictures organized as a layer-wisevideo sequence and a coded representation of the video; wherein thecoded representation conforms to a syntax rule that a sub-bitstreamextracted for a subpicture sub-bitstream conforms to a format of asingle subpicture.

In another example aspect, a video processing method is disclosed. Themethod includes performing a conversion between a video unit in a videoregion of a video comprising multiple pictures organized as a layer-wisevideo sequence and a coded representation of the video; wherein thecoded representation conforms to a format rule that specifies inclusionof one or more constraint flags that control occurrence of one or moresyntax elements in a syntax structure in the coded representation.

In yet another example aspect, a video encoder apparatus is disclosed.The video encoder comprises a processor configured to implementabove-described methods.

In yet another example aspect, a video decoder apparatus is disclosed.The video decoder comprises a processor configured to implementabove-described methods.

In yet another example aspect, a computer readable medium having codestored thereon is disclosed. The code embodies one of the methodsdescribed herein in the form of processor-executable code.

These, and other, features are described throughout the presentdocument.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example video processing system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a video processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for an example method of video processing.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram that illustrates a video coding systemaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram that illustrates an encoder according tovarious embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram that illustrates a decoder according tovarious embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart representation of a method for video processingaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart representation of another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart representation of yet another method for videoprocessing according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Section headings are used in the present document for ease ofunderstanding and do not limit the applicability of techniques andembodiments disclosed in each section only to that section. Furthermore,H.266 terminology is used in some description only for ease ofunderstanding and not for limiting scope of the disclosed techniques. Assuch, the techniques described herein are applicable to other videocodec protocols and designs also. Furthermore, some techniques aredescribed using examples of how current version of the Versatile VideoCoding (VVC) standard may be modified by inserting new text(highlighted) or by deleting current text (strikethrough).

This document is related to video coding technologies. Specifically, itis about high level syntax (HLS) and related techniques in video coding.It may be applied to the existing video coding standard like HighEfficiency Video Coding (HEVC), or the standard Versatile Video Codingto be finalized. It may be also applicable to future video codingstandards or video codec.

Video coding standards have evolved primarily through the development ofthe well-known International Telecommunication Union (ITU)Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and InternationalOrganization for Standardization (ISO)/International ElectrotechnicalCommission (IEC) standards. The ITU-T produced H.261 and H.263, ISO/IECproduced MPEG-1 and MPEG-4 Visual, and the two organizations jointlyproduced the H.262/MPEG-2 Video and H.264/moving pictures experts group(MPEG)-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and H.265/HEVC standards. SinceH.262, the video coding standards are based on the hybrid video codingstructure wherein temporal prediction plus transform coding areutilized. To explore the future video coding technologies beyond HEVC,Joint Video Exploration Team (JVET) was founded by video coding expertsgroup (VCEG) and MPEG jointly in 2015. Since then, many new methods havebeen adopted by JVET and put into the reference software named JointExploration Model (JEM). The JVET meeting is concurrently held onceevery quarter, and the new coding standard is targeting at 50% bitratereduction as compared to HEVC. The new video coding standard wasofficially named as Versatile Video Coding (VVC) in the April 2018 JVETmeeting, and the first version of VVC test model (VTM) was released atthat time. As there are continuous effort contributing to VVCstandardization, new coding techniques are being adopted to the VVCstandard in every JVET meeting.

Example Definitions

The following definitions are used in this document.

Access unit (AU): A set of picture units (PUs) that belong to differentlayers and contain coded pictures associated with the same time foroutput from the decoded picture buffer (DPB).

Adaptive loop filter (ALF): A filtering process that is applied as partof the decoding process and is controlled by parameters conveyed in anadaptation parameter set (APS).

AC transform coefficient: Any transform coefficient for which thefrequency index in at least one of the two dimensions is non-zero.

ALF APS: An APS that controls the ALF process.

Adaptation parameter set (APS): A syntax structure containing syntaxelements that apply to zero or more slices as determined by zero or moresyntax elements found in slice headers.

Associated IRAP picture (of a particular picture): The previous intrarandom access point (IRAP) picture in decoding order (when present)having the same value of nuh_layer_id as the particular picture.

Associated non-VCL NAL unit: A non-video coding layer (VCL) networkabstraction layer (NAL) unit (when present) for a VCL NAL unit where theVCL NAL unit is the associated VCL NAL unit of the non-VCL NAL unit.

Associated VCL NAL unit: The preceding VCL NAL unit in decoding orderfor a non-VCL NAL unit with nal_unit_type equal to EOS_NUT, EOB_NUT,SUFFIX_APS_NUT, SUFFIX_SEI_NUT, FD_NUT, RSV_NVCL_27, or in the range ofUNSPEC_30 . . . UNSPEC_31; or otherwise the next VCL NAL unit indecoding order.

Bin: One bit of a bin string.

Binarization: A set of bin strings for all possible values of a syntaxelement.

Binarization process: A unique mapping process of all possible values ofa syntax element onto a set of bin strings.

Binary split: A split of a rectangular M×N block of samples into twoblocks where a vertical split results in a first (M/2)×N block and asecond (M/2)×N block, and a horizontal split results in a first M×(N/2)block and a second M×(N/2) block.

Bin string: An intermediate binary representation of values of syntaxelements from the binarization of the syntax element.

Bi-predictive (B) slice: A slice that is decoded using intra predictionor using inter prediction with at most two motion vectors and referenceindices to predict the sample values of each block.

Bitstream: A sequence of bits, in the form of a NAL unit stream or abyte stream, that forms the representation of a sequence of AUs formingone or more coded video sequences (CVSs).

Block; A M×N (M-column by N-row) array of samples, or a M×N array oftransform coefficients.

Block vector: A two-dimensional vector used for intra block copy (IBC)prediction that provides an offset from the coordinates of the currentcoding block to the coordinates of the prediction block in the samedecoded picture.

Byte: A sequence of 8 bits, within which, when written or read as asequence of bit values, the left-most and right-most bits represent themost and least significant bits, respectively.

Byte-aligned: A position in a bitstream is byte-aligned when theposition is an integer multiple of 8 bits from the position of the firstbit in the bitstream, and a bit or byte or syntax element is said to bebyte-aligned when the position at which it appears in a bitstream isbyte-aligned.

Byte stream; An encapsulation of a NAL unit stream containing start codeprefixes and NAL units.

Ban: A term used to refer to behaviour that is allowed, but notnecessarily required.

Chroma: An adjective, represented by the symbols Cb and Cr, specifyingthat a sample array or single sample is representing one of the twocolour difference signals related to the primary colours. It is notedthat the term chroma is used rather than the term chrominance in orderto avoid the implication of the use of linear light transfercharacteristics that is often associated with the term chrominance.

Clean random access (CRA) PU: A PU in which the coded picture is a CRApicture.

Clean random access (CRA) picture: An IRAP picture for which each VCLNAL unit has nal_unit_type equal to CRA_NUT. It is noted that CRApicture does not refer to any pictures other than itself for interprediction in its decoding process, and may be the first picture in thebitstream in decoding order, or may appear later in the bitstream. A CRApicture may have associated RADL or RASL pictures. When a CRA picturehas NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to 1, the associated RASL picturesare not output by the decoder, because they may not be decodable, asthey may contain references to pictures that are not present in thebitstream.

Coded layer video sequence (CLVS): A sequence of PUs with the same valueof nuh_layer_id that consists, in decoding order, of a coded layer videosequence start (CLVSS) PU, followed by zero or more PUs that are notCLVSS PUs, including all subsequent PUs up to but not including anysubsequent PU that is a CLVSS PU. It is noted that a CLVSS PU may be aninstantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) PU, a CRA PU, or a gradual decodingrefresh (GDR) PU. The value of NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag is equal to 1for each IDR PU, and each CRA PU that has HandleCraAsCvsStartFlag equalto 1, and each CRA or GDR PU that is the first PU in the layer of thebitstream in decoding order or the first PU in the layer of thebitstream that follows an EOS NAL unit in decoding order.

Coded layer video sequence start (CLVSS) PU: A PU in which the codedpicture is a CLVSS picture.

Coded layer video sequence start (CLVSS) picture: A coded picture thatis an IRAP picture with NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to 1 or a GDRpicture with NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to 1.

Coded picture: A coded representation of a picture comprising VCL NALunits with a particular value of nuh_layer_id within an AU andcontaining all CTUs of the picture.

Coded picture buffer (CPB): A first-in first-out buffer containing DUsin decoding order specified in the hypothetical reference decoder.

Coded representation: A data element as represented in its coded form.

Coded video sequence (CVS): A sequence of AUs that consists, in decodingorder, of a CVSS AU, followed by zero or more AUs that are not CVSS AUs,including all subsequent AUs up to but not including any subsequent AUthat is a CVSS AU.

Coded video sequence start (CVSS) AU: An AU in which there is a PU foreach layer in the CV S and the coded picture in each PU is a CLVSSpicture.

Coding block: A M×N block of samples for some values of M and N suchthat the division of a CTB into coding blocks is a partitioning.

Coding tree block (CTB): A N×N block of samples for some value of N suchthat the division of a component into CIBs is a partitioning.

Coding tree unit (CTU): A CTB of luma samples, two corresponding CTBs ofchroma samples of a picture that has three sample arrays, or a CB ofsamples of a monochrome picture or a picture that is coded using threeseparate colour planes and syntax structures used to code the samples.

Coding unit (CU): A coding block of luma samples, two correspondingcoding blocks of chroma samples of a picture that has three samplearrays, or a coding block of samples of a monochrome picture or apicture that is coded using three separate colour planes and syntaxstructures used to code the samples.

Component: An array or single sample from one of the three arrays (lumaand two chroma) that compose a picture in 4:2:0, 4:2:2, or 4:4:4 colourformat or the array or a single sample of the array that compose apicture in monochrome format.

Context variable: A variable specified for the adaptive binaryarithmetic decoding process of a bin by an equation containing recentlydecoded bins.

Deblocking filter: A filtering process that is applied as part of thedecoding process in order to minimize the appearance of visual artefactsat the boundaries between blocks.

Decoded picture: A picture produced by applying the decoding process toa coded picture.

Decoded picture buffer (DPB): A buffer holding decoded pictures forreference, output reordering, or output delay specified for thehypothetical reference decoder.

Decoder: An embodiment of a decoding process.

Decoding order: The order in which syntax elements are processed by thedecoding process.

Decoding process: The process specified in this Specification that readsa bitstream and derives decoded pictures from it.

Decoding unit (DU): An AU if DecodingUnitHrdFlag is equal to 0 or asubset of an AU otherwise, consisting of one or more VCL NAL units in anAU and the associated non-VCL NAL units.

Emulation prevention byte: A byte equal to 0x03 that is present within aNAL unit when the syntax elements of the bitstream form certain patternsof byte values in a manner that ensures that no sequence of consecutivebyte-aligned bytes in the NAL unit can contain a start code prefix.

Encoder: An embodiment of an encoding process.

Encoding process: A process not specified in this Specification thatproduces a bitstream conforming to this Specification.

Filler data NAL units: NAL units with nal_unit_type equal to FD_NUT.

Flag: A variable or single-bit syntax element that can take one of thetwo possible values: 0 and 1.

Frequency index: A one-dimensional or two-dimensional index associatedwith a transform coefficient prior to the application of a transform inthe decoding process.

Gradual decoding refresh (GDR) AU: An AU in which the coded picture ineach present PU is a GDR picture.

Gradual decoding refresh (GDR) PU: A PU in which the coded picture is aGDR picture.

Gradual decoding refresh (GDR) picture: A picture for which each VCL NALunit has nal_unit_type equal to GDR_NUT.

Hypothetical reference decoder (HRD): A hypothetical decoder model thatspecifies constraints on the variability of conforming NAL unit streamsor conforming byte streams that an encoding process may produce.

Hypothetical stream scheduler (HSS): A hypothetical delivery mechanismused for checking the conformance of a bitstream or a decoder withregards to the timing and data flow of the input of a bitstream into thehypothetical reference decoder.

Informative: A term used to refer to content provided in thisSpecification that does not establish any mandatory requirements forconformance to this Specification and thus is not considered an integralpart of this Specification.

Instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) PU: A PU in which the coded pictureis an IDR picture.

Instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture: An IRAP picture for whicheach VCL NAL unit has nal_unit_type equal to IDR_W_RADL or IDR_N_LP. Itis noted that an IDR picture does not refer to any pictures other thanitself for inter prediction in its decoding process, and may be thefirst picture in the bitstream in decoding order, or may appear later inthe bitstream. Each IDR picture is the first picture of a CVS indecoding order. When an IDR picture for which each VCL NAL unit hasnal_unit_type equal to IDR_W_RADL, it may have associated RADL pictures.When an IDR picture for which each VCL NAL unit has nal_unit_type equalto IDR_N_LP, it does not have any associated leading pictures. An IDRpicture does not have associated RASL pictures.

Inter-layer reference picture (ILRP): A picture in the same AU with thecurrent picture, with nuh_layer_id less than the nuh_layer_id of thecurrent picture, and is marked as “used for long-term reference”.

Inter coding: Coding of a coding block, slice, or picture that usesinter prediction.

Inter prediction: A prediction derived in a manner that is dependent ondata elements (e.g., sample values or motion vectors) of one or morereference pictures.

Intra block copy (IBC) prediction: A prediction derived in a manner thatis dependent on data elements (e.g., sample values or block vectors) ofthe same decoded slice without referring to a reference picture.

Intra coding: Coding of a coding block, slice, or picture that usesintra prediction.

Intra prediction: A prediction derived from only data elements (e.g.,sample values) of the same decoded slice without referring to areference picture.

Intra random access point (IRAP) AU: An AU in which there is a PU foreach layer in the CVS and the coded picture in each PU an IRAP picture.

Intra random access point (IRAP) PU: A PU in which the coded picture isan IRAP picture.

Intra random access point (IRAP) picture: A coded picture for which allVCL NAL units have the same value of nal_unit_type in the range ofIDR_W_RADL to CRA_NUT, inclusive. It is noted that an IRAP picture doesnot refer to any pictures other than itself for inter prediction in itsdecoding process, and may be a CRA picture or an IDR picture. The firstpicture in the bitstream in decoding order may be an IRAP or GDRpicture. Provided the necessary parameter sets are available when theyneed to be referenced, the IRAP picture and all subsequent non-RASLpictures in the CVS in decoding order can be correctly decoded withoutperforming the decoding process of any pictures that precede the IRAPpicture in decoding order. It is also noted that the value ofmixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag for an IRAP picture is equal to 0. Whenmixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag is equal to 0 for a picture, and any sliceof the picture has nal_unit_type in the range of IDR_W_RADL to CRA_NUT,inclusive, all other slices of the picture have the same value ofnal_unit_type, and the picture is known to be an IRAP picture.

Intra (I) slice: A slice that is decoded using intra prediction only.

Layer: A set of VCL NAL units that all have a particular value ofnuh_layer_id and the associated non-VCL NAL units.

Leading picture: A picture that is in the same layer as the associatedIRAP picture and precedes the associated IRAP picture in output order.

Leaf: A terminating node of a tree that is a root node of a tree ofdepth 0.

Level: A defined set of constraints on the values that may be taken bythe syntax elements and variables of this Specification, or the value ofa transform coefficient prior to scaling. It is noted that the same setof levels is defined for all profiles, with most aspects of thedefinition of each level being in common across different profiles.Individual implementations may, within the specified constraints,support a different level for each supported profile.

List 0 (list 1) motion vector: A motion vector associated with areference index pointing into reference picture list 0 (list 1).

List 0 (list 1) prediction: Inter prediction of the content of a sliceusing a reference index pointing into reference picture list 0 (list 1).

Luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) APS: An APS that controls theAICS process.

Long-term reference picture (LTRP): A picture with nuh_layer_id equal tothe nuh_layer_id of the current picture and marked as “used forlong-term reference”.

Luma: An adjective, represented by the symbol or subscript Y or L,specifying that a sample array or single sample is representing themonochrome signal related to the primary colours. It is noted that theterm luma is used rather than the term luminance in order to avoid theimplication of the use of linear light transfer characteristics that isoften associated with the term luminance. The symbol L is sometimes usedinstead of the symbol Y to avoid confusion with the symbol y as used forvertical location.

Luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS): A process that is applied aspart of the decoding process that maps luma samples to particular valuesand may apply a scaling operation to the values of chroma samples.

May: A term that is used to refer to behaviour that is allowed, but notnecessarily required. It is noted that in some places where the optionalnature of the described behaviour is intended to be emphasized, thephrase “may or may not” is used to provide emphasis. This term is usedin the present document only to highlight an example embodiment in whichthe requirement is adopted by a coding standard and not to limit scopeof the disclosed technology.

Motion vector: A two-dimensional vector used for inter prediction thatprovides an offset from the coordinates in the decoded picture to thecoordinates in a reference picture.

Multi-type tree: A tree in which a parent node can be split either intotwo child nodes using a binary split or into three child nodes using aternary split, each of which may become parent node for another splitinto either two or three child nodes.

Must: A term that is used in expressing an observation about arequirement or an implication of a requirement that is specifiedelsewhere in this Specification (used exclusively in an informativecontext). This term is used in the present document only to highlight anexample embodiment in which the requirement is adopted by a codingstandard and not to limit scope of the disclosed technology.

Network abstraction layer (NAL) unit: A syntax structure containing anindication of the type of data to follow and bytes containing that datain the form of a raw byte sequence payload (RBSP) interspersed asnecessary with emulation prevention bytes.

Network abstraction layer (NAL) unit stream: A sequence of NAL units.

Note: A term that is used to prefix informative remarks (usedexclusively in an informative context).

Operation point (OP): A temporal subset of an output layer set (OLS),identified by an OLS index and a highest value of TemporalId.

Output layer: A layer of an output layer set that is output.

Output layer set (OLS): A set of layers consisting of a specified set oflayers, where one or more layers in the set of layers are specified tobe output layers.

Output layer set (OLS) layer index: An index, of a layer in an OLS, tothe list of layers in the OLS.

Output order: The order in which the decoded pictures are output fromthe DPB (for the decoded pictures that are to be output from the DPB).

Output time: A time when a decoded picture is to be output from the DPB(for the decoded pictures that are to be output from the DPB) asspecified by the HRD according to the output timing DPB operation.

Parameter: A syntax element of a sequence parameter set (SPS) or pictureparameter set (PPS), or the second word of the defined term quantizationparameter.

Partitioning: The division of a set into subsets such that each elementof the set is in exactly one of the subsets.

Picture: An array of luma samples in monochrome format or an array ofluma samples and two corresponding arrays of chroma samples in 4:2:0,4:2:2, and 4:4:4 colour format. It is noted that a picture may be eithera frame or a field. However, in one CVS, either all pictures are framesor all pictures are fields.

Picture header (PH): A syntax structure containing syntax elements thatapply to all slices of a coded picture.

Picture-level slice index: An index of a slice to the list of slices ina picture in the order as they are signalled in the PPS when therect_slice_flag is equal to 1.

Picture order count (POC): A variable that is associated with eachpicture, uniquely identifies the associated picture among all picturesin the CL VS, and, when the associated picture is to be output from theDPB, indicates the position of the associated picture in output orderrelative to the output order positions of the other pictures in the sameCL VS that are to be output from the DPB.

Picture parameter set (PPS): A syntax structure containing syntaxelements that apply to zero or more entire coded pictures as determinedby a syntax element found in each slice header.

Picture unit (PU): A set of NAL units that are associated with eachother according to a specified classification rule, are consecutive indecoding order, and contain exactly one coded picture.

Prediction: An embodiment of the prediction process.

Prediction process: The use of a predictor to provide an estimate of thedata element (e.g., sample value or motion vector) currently beingdecoded.

Predictive (P) slice: A slice that is decoded using intra prediction orusing inter prediction with at most one motion vector and referenceindex to predict the sample values of each block.

Predictor: A combination of specified values or previously decoded dataelements (e.g., sample value or motion vector) used in the decodingprocess of subsequent data elements.

Profile: A specified subset of the syntax of this Specification.

Quadtree: A tree in which a parent node can be split into four childnodes, each of which may become parent node for another split into fourchild nodes.

Quantization parameter: A variable used by the decoding process forscaling of transform coefficient levels.

Random access: The act of starting the decoding process for a bitstreamat a point other than the beginning of the stream.

Random access decodable leading (RADL) PU: A PU in which the codedpicture is a RADL picture.

Random access decodable leading (RADL) picture: A coded picture forwhich each VCL NAL unit has nal_unit_type equal to RADL_NUT. It is notedthat all RADL pictures are leading pictures. RADL pictures are not usedas reference pictures for the decoding process of trailing pictures ofthe same associated IRAP picture. When field_seq_flag is equal to 0, allRADL pictures, when present, precede, in decoding order, all non-leadingpictures of the same associated IRAP picture.

Random access skipped leading (RASL) PU: A PU in which the coded pictureis a RASL picture.

Random access skipped leading (RASL) picture: A coded picture for whicheach VCL NAL unit has nal_unit_type equal to RASL_NUT. It is noted thatall RASL pictures are leading pictures of an associated CRA picture.When the associated CRA picture has NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to1, the RASL picture is not output and may not be correctly decodable, asthe RASL picture may contain references to pictures that are not presentin the bitstream. RASL pictures are not used as reference pictures forthe decoding process of non-RASL pictures. When field_seq_flag is equalto 0, all RASL pictures, when present, precede, in decoding order, allnon-leading pictures of the same associated CRA picture.

Raster scan: A mapping of a rectangular two-dimensional pattern to aone-dimensional pattern such that the first entries in theone-dimensional pattern are from the first top row of thetwo-dimensional pattern scanned from left to right, followed similarlyby the second, third, etc., rows of the pattern (going down) eachscanned from left to right.

Raw byte sequence payload (RBSP): A syntax structure containing aninteger number of bytes that is encapsulated in a NAL unit and is eitherempty or has the form of a string of data bits containing syntaxelements followed by a RBSP stop bit and zero or more subsequent bitsequal to 0.

Raw byte sequence payload (RBSP) stop bit: A bit equal to 1 presentwithin a raw byte sequence payload (RBSP) after a string of data bits,for which the location of the end within a RBSP can be identified bysearching from the end of the RBSP for the RBSP stop bit, which is thelast non-zero bit in the RBSP.

Reference index. An index into a reference picture list.

Reference picture: A picture that is a short-term reference picture, along-term reference picture, or an inter-layer reference picture. It isnoted that a reference picture contains samples that may be used forinter prediction in the decoding process of subsequent pictures indecoding order.

Reference picture list: A list of reference pictures that is used forinter prediction of a P or B slice. It is noted that two referencepicture lists, reference picture list 0 and reference picture list 1,are generated for each slice of a non-IDR picture. The set of uniquepictures referred to by all entries in the two reference picture listsassociated with a picture consists of all reference pictures that may beused for inter prediction of the associated picture or any picturefollowing the associated picture in decoding order. For the decodingprocess of a P slice, only reference picture list 0 is used for interprediction. For the decoding process of a B slice, both referencepicture list 0 and reference picture list 1 are used for interprediction. For decoding the slice data of an I slice, no referencepicture list is used for inter prediction.

Reference picture list 0: The reference picture list used for interprediction of a P or the first reference picture list used for interprediction of a B slice.

Reference picture list 1: The second reference picture list used forinter prediction of a B slice.

Reserved: A term that may be used to specify that some values of aparticular syntax element are for future use by ITU-T|ISO/IEC and maynot be used in bitstreams conforming to this version of thisSpecification, but may be used in bitstreams conforming to futureextensions of this Specification by ITU-T|ISO/IEC.

Residual: The decoded difference between a prediction of a sample ordata element and its decoded value.

Scaling: The process of multiplying transform coefficient levels by afactor, resulting in transform coefficients.

Scaling list: A list that associates each frequency index with a scalefactor for the scaling process.

Scaling list APS: An APS with syntax elements used to construct thescaling lists.

Sequence parameter set (SPS): A syntax structure containing syntaxelements that apply to zero or more entire CLVSs as determined by thecontent of a syntax element found in the PPS referred to by a syntaxelement found in each picture header.

Shall: A term used to express mandatory requirements for conformance tothis Specification. It is noted that, when used to express a mandatoryconstraint on the values of syntax elements or on the results obtainedby operation of the specified decoding process, it is the responsibilityof the encoder to ensure that the constraint is fulfilled. When used inreference to operations performed by the decoding process, any decodingprocess that produces identical cropped decoded pictures to those outputfrom the decoding process described in this Specification conforms tothe decoding process requirements of this Specification. This term isused in the present document only to highlight an example embodiment inwhich the requirement is adopted by a coding standard and not to limitscope of the disclosed technology.

Short-term reference picture (STRP): A picture with nuh_layer_id equalto the nuh_layer_id of the current picture and marked as “used forshort-term reference”.

Should: A term used to refer to behaviour of an implementation that isencouraged to be followed under anticipated ordinary circumstances, butis not a mandatory requirement for conformance to this Specification.This term is used in the present document only to highlight an exampleembodiment in which the requirement is adopted by a coding standard andnot to limit scope of the disclosed technology.

Slice: An integer number of complete tiles or an integer number ofconsecutive complete CTU rows within a tile of a picture that areexclusively contained in a single NAL unit.

Slice header: A part of a coded slice containing the data elementspertaining to all tiles or CTU rows within a tile represented in theslice.

Source: A term used to describe the video material or some of itsattributes before encoding.

Start code prefix: A unique sequence of three bytes equal to 0x000001embedded in the byte stream as a prefix to each NAL unit. It is notedthat the location of a start code prefix can be used by a decoder toidentify the beginning of a new NAL unit and the end of a previous NALunit. Emulation of start code prefixes is prevented within NAL units bythe inclusion of emulation prevention bytes.

Step-wise temporal sublayer access (STSA) PU: A PU in which the codedpicture is an STSA picture.

Step-wise temporal sublayer access (STSA) picture: A coded picture forwhich each VCL NAL unit has nal_unit_type equal to STSA_NUT. It is notedthat a STSA picture does not use pictures with the same TemporalId asthe STSA picture for inter prediction reference. Pictures following aSTSA picture in decoding order with the same TemporalId as the STSApicture do not use pictures prior to the STSA picture in decoding orderwith the same TemporalId as the STSA picture for inter predictionreference. An STSA picture enables up-switching, at the STSA picture, tothe sublayer containing the STSA picture, from the immediately lowersublayer. STSA pictures may have TemporalId greater than 0.

String of data bits (SODB): A sequence of some number of bitsrepresenting syntax elements present within a raw byte sequence payloadprior to the raw byte sequence payload stop bit, where the left-most bitis considered to be the first and most significant bit, and theright-most bit is considered to be the last and least significant bit.

Sub-bitstream extraction process: A specified process by which NAILunits in a bitstream that do not belong to a target set, determined by atarget OLS index and a target highest TemporalId, are removed from thebitstream, with the output sub-bitstream consisting of the NAL units inthe bitstream that belong to the target set.

Sublayer: A temporal scalable layer of a temporal scalable bitstream,consisting of VCL NAL units with a particular value of the TemporalIdvariable and the associated non-VCL NAL units.

Sublayer representation: A subset of the bitstream consisting of NAL,units of a particular sublayer and the lower sublayers.

Subpicture: A rectangular region of one or more slices within a picture.

Subpicture-level slice index: An index of a slice to the list of slicesin a subpicture in the order as they are signalled in the PPS when therect_slice_flag is equal to 1.

Supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message: A syntax structurewith specified semantics that conveys information that is not needed bythe decoding process in order to determine the values of the samples indecoded pictures.

Syntax element: An element of data represented in the bitstream.

Syntax structure: Zero or more syntax elements present together in thebitstream in a specified order.

Ternary split: A split of a rectangular M×N block of samples into threeblocks where a vertical split results in a first (M/4)×N block, a second(M/2)×N block, a third (M/4)×N block, and a horizontal split results ina first M×(N/4) block, a second M×(N/2) block, a third M×(N/4) block.

Tier: A specified category of level constraints imposed on values of thesyntax elements in the bitstream, where the level constraints are nestedwithin a tier and a decoder conforming to a certain tier and level wouldbe capable of decoding all bitstreams that conform to the same tier orthe lower tier of that level or any level below it.

Tile: A rectangular region of CTUs within a particular tile column and aparticular tile row in a picture.

Tile column: A rectangular region of CTUs having a height equal to theheight of the picture and a width specified by syntax elements in thepicture parameter set.

Tile row: A rectangular region of CTUs having a height specified bysyntax elements in the picture parameter set and a width equal to thewidth of the picture.

Tile scan: A specific sequential ordering of CTLs partitioning a picturein which the CTUs are ordered consecutively in CTU raster scan in a tilewhereas tiles in a picture are ordered consecutively in a raster scan ofthe tiles of the picture.

Trailing picture: A non-IRAP picture that follows the associated IRAPpicture in output order and is not a STSA picture. It is noted thattrailing pictures associated with an IRAP picture also follow the IRAPpicture in decoding order. Pictures that follow the associated IRAPpicture in output order and precede the associated IRAP picture indecoding order are not allowed.

Transform: A part of the decoding process by which a block of transformcoefficients is converted to a block of spatial-domain values.

Transform block: A rectangular M×N block of samples resulting from atransform in the decoding process.

Transform coefficient: A scalar quantity, considered to be in afrequency domain, that is associated with a particular one-dimensionalor two-dimensional frequency index in a transform in the decodingprocess.

Transform coefficient level: An integer quantity representing the valueassociated with a particular two-dimensional frequency index in thedecoding process prior to scaling for computation of a transformcoefficient value.

Transform unit (TU): A transform block of luma samples and twocorresponding transform blocks of chroma samples of a picture when usinga single coding unit tree for luma and chroma; or, a transform block ofluma samples or two transform blocks of chroma samples when using twoseparate coding unit trees for luma and chroma, and syntax structuresused to transform the transform block samples.

Tree: A tree is a finite set of nodes with a unique root node.

Unspecified: A term that may be used to specify some values of aparticular syntax element to indicate that the values have no specifiedmeaning in this Specification and will not have a specified meaning inthe future as an integral part of future versions of this Specification.

Video coding layer (VCL) NAL unit: A collective term for coded slice NALunits and the subset of NAL units that have reserved values ofnal_unit_type that are classified as VCL NAL units in thisSpecification.

Some example bitstream and picture formats, partitionings, scanningprocesses and neighbouring relationships are described as follows.

6.3 Partitioning of Pictures, Subpictures, Slices, Tiles, and CTUs 6.3.2Block, Quadtree and Multi-Type Tree Structures

The samples are processed in units of CTBs. The array size for each lumaCTB in both width and height is CtbSizeY in units of samples. The widthand height of the array for each chroma CTB are CtbWidthC andCtbHeightC, respectively, in units of samples.Each CTB is assigned a partition signalling to identify the block sizesfor intra or inter prediction and for transform coding. The partitioningis a recursive quadtree partitioning. The root of the quadtree isassociated with the CTB. The quadtree is split until a leaf is reached,which is referred to as the quadtree leaf. When the component width isnot an integer number of the CTB size, the CTBs at the right componentboundary are incomplete. When the component height is not an integermultiple of the CTB size, the CTBs at the bottom component boundary areincomplete. The coding block is the root node of two trees, theprediction tree and the transform tree. The prediction tree specifiesthe position and size of prediction blocks. The transform tree specifiesthe position and size of transform blocks. The splitting information forluma and chroma is identical for the prediction tree and may or may notbe identical for the transform tree. The blocks and associated syntaxstructures are grouped into “unit” structures as follows:

-   -   One transform block (monochrome picture or        separate_colour_plane_flag is equal to 1) or three transform        blocks (luma and chroma components of a picture in 4:2:0, 4:2:2        or 4:4:4 colour format) and the associated transform syntax        structures units are associated with a transform unit.    -   One coding block (monochrome picture or        separate_colour_plane_flag is equal to 1) or three coding blocks        (luma and chroma), the associated coding syntax structures and        the associated transform units are associated with a coding        unit.    -   One CTB (monochrome picture or separate_colour_plane_flag is        equal to 1) or three CTBs (luma and chroma), the associated        coding tree syntax structures and the associated coding units        are associated with a CTU.

7 Syntax and Semantics 7.3 Syntax in Tabular Form 7.3.1 NAL Unit Syntax7.3.1.1 General NAL Unit Syntax

Descriptor nal_unit( NumBytesInNalUnit ) {  nal_unit_header ) NumBytesInRbsp = 0  for( i = 2; i < NumBytesInNalUnit; i++ )   if( i +2 < NumBytesInNalUnit && next_bits( 24 ) = =    0x000003 ) {   rbsp_byte[ NumBytesInRbsp++ ] b(8)    rbsp_byte[ NumBytesInRbsp++ ]b(8)    i += 2    emulation_prevention_three_byte /* equal to 0x03 */f(8)  } else    rbsp_byte[ NumBytesInRbsp++ ] b(8) }

7.3.1.2 NAL Unit Header Syntax

Descriptor nal_unit_header( ) {  forbidden_zero_bit f(1) nuh_reserved_zero_bit u(1)  nuh_layer_id u(6)  nal_unit_type u(5) nuh_temporal_id_plus1 u(3) }

7.3.2 Raw Byte Sequence Payloads, Trailing Bits and Byte AlignmentSyntax 7.3.2.1 Decoding Capability Information RBSP Syntax

Descriptor decoding_capability_information_rbsp( ) { dci_max_sublayers_minus1 u(3)  dci_reserved_zero_bit u(1) dci_num_ptls_minus1 u(4)  for( i = 0; i <= dci_num_ptls_minus1; i++ )  profile_tier_level( 1, 0)  dci_extension_flag u(1)  if(dci_extension_flag )   while( more_rbsp_data( ) )   dci_extension_data_flag u(1)  rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.3.2.2 Video Parameter Set RBSP Syntax

Descriptor video_parameter_set_rbsp( ) {  vps_video_parameter_set_id u(4)  vps_max_layers_minus1  u(6)  vps_max_sublayers_minus1  u(3)  if(vps_max_layers_minus1 > 0 && vps_max_sublayers_minus1 > 0 )  vps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag  u(1)   if(vps_max_layers_minus1 > 0 )   vps_all_independent_layers_flag  u(1) for( i = 0; i <= vps_max_layers_minus1; i++ ) {   vps_layer_id[ i ] u(6)   if( i > 0 && !vps_all_independent_layers_flag ) {   vps_independent_layer_flag[ i ]  u(1)    if(!vps_independent_layer_flag[ i ] ) {     for( j = 0; j < i; j++)     vps_direct_ref_layer_flag[ i ][ j ]  u(1)    max_tid_ref_present_flag[ i ]  u(1)     if( max_tid_ref_resent_flag[i ] )      max_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[ i ]  u(3)    }   }  }  if(vps_max_layers_minus1 > 0 ) {   if( vps_all_independent_layers_flag )   each_layer_is_an_ols_flag  u(1)   if( !each_layer_is_an_ols_flag ) {   if( !vps_all_independent_layers_flag )     ols_mode_idc  u(2)    if(ols_mode_idc = = 2 ) {     num_output_layer_sets_minus1  u(8)     for( i= 1; i <= num_output_layer_sets_minus1; i ++)      for( j = 0; j <=vps_max_layers_minus1; j++ )       ols_output_layer_flag[ i ][ j ]  u(1)   }   }  }  vps_num_ptls_minus1  u(8)  for( i = 0; i <=vps_num_ptls_minus1; i++ ) {   if( i > 0)    pt_present_flag[ i ]  u(1)  if(    vps_max_sublayers_minus1   >    0   &&!vps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag )    ptl_max_temporal_id[ i ] u(3)  }  while( !byte_aligned( ) )   vps_ptl_alignment_zero_bit /*equal to 0 */  f(1)  for( i = 0; i <= vps_num_ptls_minus1; i++ )  profile_tier_level( pt_present_flag[ i ], ptl_max_temporal_id[ i ] ) for( i = 0, i < TotalNumOlss; i++ )   if( vps_num_ptls_minus1 > 0 )   ols_ptl_idx[ i ]  u(8)  if( !vps_all_independent_layers_flag)  vps_num_dpb_params ue(v)  if( vps_num_dpb_params > 0 &&vps_max_sublayers_minus1 > 0 )   vps_sublayer_dpb_params_present_flag u(1)  for( i = 0; i < vps_num_dpb_params; i++ ) {  if(    vps_max_sublayers_minus1    >   0      &&!vps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag )    dpb_max_temporal_id[ i ] u(3)   dpb_parameters( dpb_max_temporal_id[ i ],vps_sublayer_dpb_params_present_flag )  }  for( i = 0, i < TotalNumOlss;i++ ) {   if( NumLayersInOls[ i ] > 1 ) {    ols_dpb_pic_width[ i ]ue(v)    ols_dpb_pic_height[ i ] ue(v)    if( vps_num_dpb_params > 1 )    ols_dpb_params_idx[ i ] ue(v)   }  }  if( !each_layer_is_an_ols_flag)   vps_general_hrd_params_present_flag  u(1)  if(vps_general_hrd_params_present_flag ) {   general_hrd_parameters( )  if( vps_max_sublayers_minus 1 > 0 )   vps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag  u(1)  num_ols_hrd_params_minus1 ue(v)   for( i = 0; i <=num_ols_hrd_params_minus1; i++ ) {   if(   vps_max_sublayers_minus1    >   0      &&!vps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag )    hrd_max_tid[ i ]  u(3)   firstSubLayer  =  vps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag ? 0 :hrd_max_tid[ i ]    ols_hrd_parameters( firstSubLayer, hrd_max_tid[ i ])   }   if( num_ols_hrd_params_minus1 + 1   !=  TotalNumOlss   &&    num_ols_hrd_params_minus1 > 0 )    for( i = 1 ; i < TotalNumOlss;i++ )    if( NumLayersInOls[ i ] > 1 )     ols_hrd_idx[ i ] ue(v)  } vps_extension_flag  u(1)  if( vps_extension_flag )   while(more_rbsp_data( ) )    vps_extension_data_flag  u(1) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.3.2.3 Sequence Parameter Set RBSP Syntax

Descriptor seq_parameter_set_rbsp( ) {  sps_seq_parameter_set_id  u(4) sps_video_parameter_set_id  u(4)  sps_max_sublayers_minus1  u(3) sps_reserved_zero_4bits  u(4)  sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag u(1)  if( sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag )   profile_tier_level(1, sps_max_sublayers_minus1 )  gdr_enabled_flag  u(1)  chroma_format_idc u(2)  if( chroma_format_idc = = 3 )   separate_colour_plane_flag  u(1) res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag  u(1)  pic_width_max_in _luma_samplesue(v)  pic_height_max_in_luma_samples ue(v)  sps_conformance_window_flag u(1)  if( sps_conformance_window_flag ) {   sps_conf_win_left_offsetue(v)   sps_conf_win_right_offset ue(v)   sps_conf_win_top_offset ue(v)  sps_conf_win_bottom_offset ue(v)  }  sps_log2_ctu_size_minus5  u(2) subpic_info_present_flag  u(1)  if( subpic_info_present_flag ) {  sps_num_subpics_minus1 ue(v)   sps_independent_subpics_flag  u(1)  for( i = 0; sps_num_subpics_minus1  >  0   &&  i  <=sps_num_subpics_minus1; i++ ) {   if( i > 0 &&pic_width_max_in_luma_samples > CtbSizeY )    subpic_ctu_top_left_x[ i ] u(v)   if( i > 0 && pic_height_max_in_luma_samples > CtbSizeY ) {   subpic_ctu_top_left_y[ i ]  u(v)  if(   i   <   sps_num_subpics_minus1      &&    pic_width_max_in_luma_samples > CtbSizeY )    subpic_width_minus1[ i]  u(v)   if(   i   <   sps_num_subpics_minus1      &&    pic_height_max_in_luma_samples > CtbSizeY )    subpic_height_minus1[i ]  u(v)   if( !sps_independent_subpics_flag ) {   subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[ i ]  u(1)   loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag[ i ]  u(1)   }  } sps_subpic_id_len_minus1 ue(v) subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag  u(1)  if(subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag ) {  subpic_id_mapping_in_sps_flag  u(1)   if(subpic_id_mapping_in_sps_flag )    for( i = 0; i <=sps_num_subpics_minus1; i++ )     sps_subpic_id[ i ]  u(v)   }  } bit_depth_minus8 ue(v)  sps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag )  sps_wpp_entry_point_offsets_present_flag  u(1)  sps_weighted_pred_flag u(1)  sps_weighted_bipred_flag  u(1)  log2_max_pic_order_ent_lsb_minus4 u(4)  sps_poc_msb_flag  u(1)  if( sps_poc_msb_flag )  poc_msb_len_minus1 ue(v)  num_extra_ph_bits_bytes  u(2)  extra_ph_bits_struct( num_extra_ph_bits_bytes ) num_extra_sh_bits_bytes  u(2)  extra_sh_bits_struct_(num_extra_sh_bits_bytes )  if(sps_max_sublayers_minus 1 > 0 )   sps_sublayer_dpb_params_flag  u(1) if( sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag )   dpb_parameters(sps_max_sublayers_minus1,  sps_sublayer_dpb_params_flag ) long_term_ref_pies_flag  u(1)  inter_layer_ref_pies_present_flag  u(1) sps_idr_rpl_present_flag  u(1)  rpl1_same_as_rpl0_flag  u(1)  for( i =0; i < !rpl1_same_as_rpl0_flag ? 2 : 1; i++ ) {  num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[ i ] ue(v)   for( j = 0, j <num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[ i ]; j++ )    ref_pic_list_struct( i, j )  } if( ChromaArrayType !== 0 )   qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag  u(1) log2_min_luma_coding_block_size_minus2 ue(v) partition_constraints_override_enabled_flag  u(1) sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma ue(v) sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma ue(v)  if(sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma != 0 ) {  sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma ue(v)  sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma ue(v)  } sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice ue(v) sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice ue(v)  if(sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice != 0 ) {  sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice ue(v)  sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice ue(v)  }  if(qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag ) {  sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma ue(v)  sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma ue(v)   if(sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma != 0 ) {   sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra slice chroma ue(v)   sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma ue(v)   }  } sps_max_luma_transform_size_64_flag  u(1)  if( ChromaArrayType != 0 ) {  sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag  u(1)   same_qp_table_for_chroma  u(1)  numQpTables  =  same_qp_table_for_chroma  ?  1  :    (sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag ? 3 : 2 )   for( i = 0; i < numQpTables; i++) {    qp_table_start_minus26[ i ] se(v)   num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[ i ] ue(v)    for( j = 0; j <=num_pointsjn_qp_table_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) {    delta_qp_in_val_minus1[ i][ j ] ue(v)    delta_qp_dif_val[ i ][ j ] ue(v)    }   }  } sps_sao_enabled_flag  u(1)  sps_alf_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_alf_enabled_flag && ChromaArrayType != 0 )   sps_ccalf_enabled_flag u(1)  sps_transform_skip_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_transform_skip_enabled_flag) {   log2_transform_skip_max_size_minus2ue(v)   sps_bdpcm_enabled_flag  u(1)  }  sps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag u(1)  sps_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag )   sps_shtmvp_enabled_flag  u(1) sps_amvr_ enabled_flag  u(1)  sps_bdof_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_bdof_enabled_flag )   sps_bdof_pic_present_flag  u(1) sps_smvd_enabled_flag  u(1)  sps_dmvr_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_dmvr_enabled_flag)   sps_dmvr_pic_present_flag  u(1) sps_mmvd_enabled_flag  u(1)  sps_isp_enabled_flag  u(1) sps_mrl_enabled_flag  u(1)  sps_mip_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(ChromaArrayType != 0 )   sps_cclm_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(chroma_format_idc = = 1 ) {   sps_chroma_horizontal_collocated_flag u(1)   sps_chroma_vertical_collocated_flag  u(1)  } sps_mts_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( sps_mts_enabled_flag ) {  sps_explicit_mts_intra_ena bled_flag  u(1)  sps_explicit_mts_inter_enabled_flag  u(1)  } six_minus_max_num_merge_cand ue(v)  sps_sbt_enabled_flag  u(1) sps_affine_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( sps_affine_enabled_flag ) {  five_minus_max_num_subblock_merge_cand ue(v)   sps_affine_type_flag u(1)  if( sps_amvr_enabled_flag)   sps_affine_amvr_enabled_flag  u(1) sps_affine_prof_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( sps_affine_prof_enabled_flag )  sps_prof_pic_present_flag  u(1)  }  sps_palette_enabled_flag  u(1) if( ChromaArray Type = = 3 && !sps_max_luma_transform_size_64_flag )  sps_act_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( sps_transform_skip_enabled_flag | |sps_palette_enabled_flag )   min_qp_prime_ts_minus4 ue(v) sps_bcw_enabled_flag  u(1)  sps_ibc_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_ibc_enabled_flag )   six_minus_max_num_ibc_merge_cand ue(v) sps_ciip_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( sps_mmvd_enabled_flag )  sps_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( MaxNumMergeCand >= 2 ) {  sps_gpm_enabled_flag  u(1)   if( sps_gpm_enabled_flag &&MaxNumMergeCand >= 3 )    max_num_merge_cand_minus_max_num_gpm_candue(v)  }  sps_lmcs_enabled_flag  u(1)  sps_lfnst_enabled_flag  u(1) sps_ladf_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( sps_ladf_enabled_flag) {  sps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2  u(2)  sps_ladf_lowest_interval_qp_offset se(v)   for( i = 0; i <sps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2 + 1; i++ ) {    sps ladf_qp_offset[ i ]se(v)    sps_ladf_delta_threshold_minus1[ i ] ue(v)   }  } log2_parallel_merge_level_minus2 ue(v)  sps_scaling_list_enabled_flag u(1)  sps_dep_quant_enabled_flag  u(1)  if( !sps_dep_quant_enabled_flag)   sps_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag  u(1) sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag  u(1)  if(sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag ) {  sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag  u(1)   if(sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag ) {   sps_num_ver_virtual_boundaries  u(2)    for( i = 0; i <sps_num_ver_virtual_boundaries; i++ )     sps_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[i ] u(13)    sps_num_hor_virtual_boundaries  u(2)    for( i = 0; i <sps_num_hor_virtual_boundaries; i++ )     sps_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[i ] u(13)   }  }  if( sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag ) {  sps_general_hrd_params_present_flag  u(1)   if(sps_general_hrd_params_present_flag ) {    general_hrd_parameters( )   if( sps_max_sublayers_minus1 > 0 )    sps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag  u(1)   firstSubLayer = sps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag ? 0 :    sps_max_sublayers_minus1    ols_hrd_parameters_firstSubLayer,sps_max_sublayers_minus1 )   }  }  field_seq_flag  u(1) vui_parameters_present_flag  u(1)  if( vui_parameters_present_flag )  vui_parameters( ) /* Specified in ITU-T H.SEI | ISO/IEC 23002-7 */ sps_extension_flag  u(1)  if( sps_extension_flag )   while(more_rbsp_data( ) )    sps_extension_data_flag  u(1) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.3.2.4 Picture Parameter Set RBSP Syntax

pic_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor  pps_pic_parameter_set_id ue(v) pps_seq_parameter_set id u(4)  mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag u(1) pic_width in luma samples ue(v)  pic_height_in_luma_samples ue(v) pps_conformance_window_flag u(1)  if( pps_conformance_window_flag) {  pps_conf_win_left_offset ue(v)   pps_conf_win_right_offset ue(v)  pps_conf_win_top_offset ue(v)   pps_conf_win_bottom_offset ue(v)  } scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag u(1)  if(scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag ) {   scaling_win left offsetue(v)   scaling_win_right_offset ue(v)   scaling_win_top_offset ue(v)  scaling_win_bottom_offset ue(v)  }  ontput_flag present flag u(1) subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag u(1)  if( subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag ){   pps_num_subpics_minus1 ue(v)   pps_subpic_id_len_minus1 ue(v)  for(i = 0, i <= pps_num_subpic_minus!; i++ )   pps_subpic_id[ i ] u(v)  } no_pic partition flag u(1)  if( !no_pic_partition_flag ) {  pps_log2_ctu_size_minus5 u(2)   num_exp_tile_columns_minus1 ue(v)  num_exp_tile_rows_minus1 ue(v)   for( i = 0; i <=num_exp_tile_columns_minus1; i++ )    tile_column_width_minus1[ i ]ue(v)   for( i = 0; i <= num_exp_tile_rows_minus1; i++ )   tile_row_height_minusl[ i ] ue(v)   if( NumTilesInPic > l )   rect_slice_flag u(1)   if( rect_slice flag)   single_slice_per_subpic_flag u(1)   if( rect_slice_flag && !single_slice_per_subpic_flag ) {    num_slices_in_pic_minus1 ue(v)   if( num_slices_in_pic_minus1 > 0 )     tile_idx_delta_present_flagu(1)    for( i = 0; i < num_slices_in_pic_minus1; i++ ) {     if(NumTileColumns > 1 )      slice_width_in_tiles_minus1 [ i ] ue(v)    if(    NumTileRows    >    1      &&       ( tile_idx_delta_presentflag | | tileIdx % NumTileColumns = = 0 ) )     slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[ i ] ue(v)     if(slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[ i ]  = =  0  &&      slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[ i ]  = =  0  &&       RowHeight[SliceTopLeftTileIdx[ i ] / NumTileColumns ] > 1 ) {     num_exp_slices_in_tile[ i ] ue(v)      numExpSlicesInTile =num_exp_slices_in_tile[ i ]      for( j = 0; j < numExpSlicesInTile, j++)       exp_slice_height_in_ctus_minus1[ j ] ue(v)      i +=NumSlicesInTile[ i ]     }     if( tile_idx_delta_present flag && i <num slices in pic minus1 )      tile_idx_delta[ i ] se(v)    }   }  loop_filter_across_tiles_enabled_flag u(1)  loop_filter_across_slices_enabled_flag u(1)  } cabac_init_present_flag u(1)  for( i = 0, i < 2; i++ ) ue(v)  num_ref_idx_default_active_minus1[ i ]  rpl1_idx_present_flag u(1) init_qp_minus26 se(v)  cu_qp_delta_enabled_flag u(1) pps_chroma_tool_offsets_present_flag u(1)  if(pps_chroma_tool_offsets_present_flag) {   pps_cb_qp_offset se(v)  pps_cr_qp_offset se(v)   pps_joint_eber_qp_offset_present_flag u(1)  if( pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag)   pps_joint_chcr_qp_offset_value se(v)  pps_slice_chroma_qp_offsets_present_flag u(1)  pps_cu_chroma_qp_offset_list_enabled_flag u(1)  }  if(pps_cu_chroma_qp_offset_list_enabled_flag) { chroma_qp_offset_list_len_minus1 ue(v)   for( i = 0; i <=chroma_qp_offset_list_len_minus 1; i++ ) {    cb_qp_offset_list [ i ]se(v)    cr_gp_offset_list[ i ] se(v)    if(pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag)     joint_cbcr_qp_offset_list[ i] se(v)   }  }  pps_weighted_pred_flag u(1)  pps_weighted_bipred_flagu(1)  deblocking_filter_control_present_flag u(1)  if(deblocking_filter_control_present_flag) {  deblocking_filter_override_enabled_flag u(1)  pps_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag u(1)   if(!pps_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag ) {    pps_beta_offset_div2 se(v)   pps_tc_offset_div2 se(v)    pps_cb_beta_offset_div2 se(v)   pps_cb_tc_offset_div2 se(v)    pps_cr_beta_offset_div se(v)   pps_cr_tc_offset_div2 se(v)   }  }  rpl_info_in_ph_flag u(1)  if(deblocking_filter_override_enabled_flag ) u(1)   dbf_info_in_ph_flag sao_info_in_ph_flag u(1)  alf_info _in_ph_flag u(1) if( ( pps_weighted_pred_flag | | pps_weighted_bipred_flag ) &&rpl_present_in_ph_flag )   wp_info_in_ph_flag u(1) qp_delta_info_in_ph_flag u(1)  pps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag u(1) if( pps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag)   pps_ref_wraparound_offset ue(v) pictare_header_extension_present_flag u(1) slice_header_extension_present_flag u(1)  pps_extension_flag u(1)  if(pps_extension_flag)   while( more_rbsp_data( ) )   pps_extension_data_flag u(1)  rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.3.2.5 Adaptation Parameter Set RBSP Syntax

adaptation parameter set rbsp( ) { Descriptor adaptation_parameter_set_id u(5)  aps_params_type u(3)  if(aps_params_type = = ALF_APS )   alf_data()  else if( aps params type = =LMCS APS)   lmcs_data()  else if( aps_params_type = = SCALING_APS )  scaling_list_data( )  aps_extension_flag u(1)  if( aps_extension_flag)   while( more_rbsp_data())    aps_extension_data_flag u(1)  rbsptrailing bits() }

7.3.2.6 Picture Header RBSP Syntax

picture_header_rbsp( ) { Descriptor  picture_header_structure( ) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.3.2.7 Picture Header Structure Syntax

picture_header_structure( ) { Descriptor  gdr_or_irap_pic_flag u(1)  if(gdr_or_irap_pic_flag )   gdr_pic_flag u(1)  ph_inter_slice_allowed_flagu(1)  if( ph_inter_slice_allowed_flag )   ph_intra_slice_allowed_flagu(1)  non_reference_picture_flag u(1)  ph_pic_parameter_set_id ue(v) ph_pic_order_ent_lsb u(v)  if( gdr_or_irap_pic_flag )   no_output_ofprior_pics_flag u(1)  if( gdr_pic_ flag )   recovery_poc_cnt ue(v)  for(i = 0; i < NumExtraPhBits; i++ )   ph_extra_bit[ i ] u(1)  if(sps_poc_msb_flag ) { u(1)   ph_poc_msb_present_flag   if(ph_poc_msb_present_flag )    poc_msb_val u(v)  }  if(sps_alf_enabled_flag && alf_info_in_ph_flag) {   ph_alf_enabled_flagu(1)   if( ph_alf_enabled_flag) {    ph_num_alf_aps_ids_luma u(3)   for( i = 0; i < ph_num_alf_aps_ids_luma; i++ )    ph_alf_aps_id_luma[ i ] u(3)    if( ChromaArrayType != 0 )    ph_alf_chroma_idc u(2)    if( ph_alf_chroma_idc)    ph_alf_aps_id_chroma u(3)    if( sps_ccalf_enabled_flag ) {    ph_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag u(1)    if( ph_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag)    ph_cc_alf_cb_aps_id u(3)    ph_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag u(1)    if(ph_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag)     ph_cc alf cr aps id u(3)   }  } }  if(sps lmcs enabled flag ) {   ph_lmcs_enabled_flag u(1)   if(ph_Imes_enabled_flag ) {    ph_lmcs_aps_id u(2)    if( Chroma Array Type!= 0 )     ph_chroma_residual_scale_flag u(1)   }  }  if(sps_scaling_list_enabled_flag ) {   ph_scaling_list_present_flag u(1)  if( ph_scaling_list_present_flag )    ph_scaling_list_aps_id u(3)  } if(   sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag       &&!sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag ) {  ph_virtual_boundaries_present_flag u(1)   if( ph_virtual_boundariespresent flag ) {    ph_num_ver_virtual_boundaries u(2)    for( i = 0; i< ph_num_ver_virtual_boundaries; i++ )     ph_virtual_boundaries_pos x[i ] u(13)    ph_num_hor_virtual_boundaries u(2)    for( i = 0; i <ph_num_hor_virtual_boundaries; i++ )     ph_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[ i] u(13)   }  }  if( output_flag_present_flag )   pic_output_flag u(1) if( rpl_info_in_ph_flag )   ref_pic_lists( )  if(partition_constraints_override_enabled_flag )  partition_constraints_override_flag u(1)  if(ph_intra_slice_allowed_flag ) {   if(partition_constraints_override_flag ) {   ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma ue(v)   ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma ue(v)    if(ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma != 0 ) {    ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma ue(v)    ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra sliceluma ue(v)    }    if(qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag) {     ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slicechroma ue(v)     ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma ue(v)    if( ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma != 0 ) {     ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma ue(v)     ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma ue(v)     }    }   }  if( cu_qp_delta_enabled_flag)    ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_intra sliceue(v)   if( pps_cu_chroma_qp_offset_list_enabled_flag )   ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_intra_slice ue(v)  }  if(ph_inter_slice_allowed_flag) {   if( partition_constraints_override_flag) {    ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice ue(v)    ph_ max_mtt_hierarchy depth_inter_slice ue(v)    if(ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice != 0 ) {    ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice ue(v)    ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice ue(v)     }    }    if(cu_qp_delta_enabled_flag )     ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_inter_slice ue(v)   if( pps_cu_chroma_qp_offset_list_enabled_flag )    ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_inter_slice ue(v)    if(sps_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag ) {     ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag u(1)    if( ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag && rpl_info_in_ph_flag ) {    ph_collocated_from_10_flag u(1)    if(  (  ph_collocated_from_10_flag      &&      num_ref_entries[ 0][ PicRplsIdx[ 0 ] ]  >  1 )   | |     (   !ph_collocated_from_10_flag       &&      num_ref_entries[ 1 ][PicRplsIdx[ 1 ] ] > 1 ) )     ph_collocated_ref_idx ue(v)    }   }  mvd_l1_zero_flag u(1)   if( sps_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag )   ph_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag u(1)   if( sps_bdof_pic_present_flag )   ph_disable_bdof_flag u(1)   if( sps_dmvr_pic_present_flag)   ph_disable_dmvr_flag u(1)   if( sps_prof_pic_present_flag )   ph_disable_prof_flag u(1)   if( ( pps_weighted_pred_fla | |gpps_weighted_bipred_flag ) && wp_info_in_ph_flag )   pred_weight_table( )  }  if( qp_delta_info_in_ph_flag )   ph_qp_deltase(v)  if( sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag ) u(1)   ph_joint_cbcr_sign_flag if( sps_sao_enabled_flag && sao_info_in_ph_flag ) {  ph_sao_luma_enabled_flag u(1)   if( ChromaArrayType != 0 )   ph_sao_chroma_enabled_flag u(1)  }  if( sps_dep_quant_enabled_flag)  ph_dep_quant_enabled_flag u(1)  if( sps_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag&& !ph_dep_quant_enabled_flag )   pic_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag u(1) if( deblocking_filter_override_enabled_flag && dbf_info_in_ph_flag ) {  ph_deblocking_filter_override_flag u(1)   if(ph_deblocking_filter_override_flag) {   ph_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag u(1)    if(!ph_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag) {     ph_beta_offset_div2 se(v)    ph_tc_offset_div2 se(v)     ph_cb_beta_offset_div2 se(v)    ph_cb_tc_offset_div2 se(v)     ph_cr_beta_offset_div2 se(v)    ph_cr_tc_offset_div2 se(v)    }   }  }  if(picture_header_extension_present_flag) {   ph_extension_length ue(v)  for( i = 0; i < ph_extension_length; i++)   ph_extension_data_byte[ i] u(8)  } }

7.3.2.8 Supplemental Enhancement Information RBSP Syntax

sei_( ) { Descriptor  do   sei_message( )  while( more_rbsp_data( )) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.3.2.9 AU Delimiter RBSP Syntax

access_unit_delimiter_rbsp( ) { Descriptor  pic type u(3) rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.3.2.10 End of Sequence RBSP Syntax

end_of_seq_rbsp( ) { Descriptor }

7.3.2.11 End of Bitstream RBSP Syntax

end_of_bitstream_rbsp ) { Descriptor }

7.3.2.11 Filler Data RBSP Syntax

filler_data_rbsp( ) { Descriptor  while( next_bits( 8 ) = = OxFF )  ff_byte /* equal to 0xFF */ f(8)  rbsp_trailing_bits( ) }

7.4 Semantics 7.4.1 General

Semantics associated with the syntax structures and with the syntaxelements within these structures are specified in this clause. When thesemantics of a syntax element are specified using a table or a set oftables, any values that are not specified in the table(s) may not bepresent in the bitstream unless otherwise specified in thisSpecification.

7.4.2 NAL Unit Semantics 7.4.2.1 General NAL Unit Semantics

NumBytesInNalUnit specifies the size of the NAL unit in bytes. Thisvalue may be used for decoding of the NAL unit. Some form of demarcationof NAL unit boundaries is necessary to enable inference of NumBytesInNalUnit. One such demarcation method for the byte stream format. Othermethods of demarcation may be specified outside of this Specification.

-   -   NOTE 1—The video coding layer (VCL) is specified to efficiently        represent the content of the video data. The NAL is specified to        format that data and provide header information in a manner        appropriate for conveyance on a variety of communication        channels or storage media. All data are contained in NAL units,        each of which contains an integer number of bytes. A NAL unit        specifies a generic format for use in both packet-oriented and        bitstream systems. The format of NAL units for both        packet-oriented transport and byte stream is identical except        that each NAL unit can be preceded by a start code prefix and        extra padding bytes in the byte stream format.        rbsp_byte[i] is the i-th byte of a RBSP. A RBSP is specified as        an ordered sequence of bytes as follows:        The RBSP contains a string of data bits (SODB) as follows:    -   If the SODB is empty (i.e., zero bits in length), the RBSP is        also empty.    -   Otherwise, the RBSP contains the SODB as follows:    -   1) The first byte of the RBSP contains the first (most        significant, left-most) eight bits of the SODB: the next byte of        the RBSP contains the next eight bits of the SODB, etc., until        fewer than eight bits of the SODB remain.    -   2) The rbsp_trailing_bits( ) syntax structure is present after        the SODB as follows:        -   i) The first (most significant, left-most) bits of the final            RBSP byte contain the remaining bits of the SODB (if any).        -   ii) The next bit consists of a single bit equal to 1 (i.e.,            rbsp_stop_one_bit).        -   iii) When the rbsp_stop_one_bit is not the last bit of a            byte-aligned byte, one or more zero-valued bits (i.e.,            instances of rbsp_alignment_zero_bit) are present to result            in byte alignment.    -   3) One or more cabac_zero_word 16-bit syntax elements equal to        0x0000 may be present in some RBSPs after the        rbsp_trailing_bits( ) at the end of the RBSP.        Syntax structures having these RBSP properties are denoted in        the syntax tables using an “_rbsp” suffix. These structures are        carried within NAL units as the content of the rbsp_byte[i] data        bytes. The association of the RBSP syntax structures to the NAL        units is as specified in Table 5.    -   NOTE 2—When the boundaries of the RBSP are known, the decoder        can extract the SODB from the RBSP by concatenating the bits of        the bytes of the RBSP and discarding the rbsp_stop_one_bit,        which is the last (least significant, right-most) bit equal to        1, and discarding any following (less significant, farther to        the right) bits that follow it, which are equal to 0. The data        necessary for the decoding process is contained in the SODB part        of the RBSP.        emulation_prevention_three_byte is a byte equal to 0x03. When an        emulation_prevention_three_byte is present in the NAL unit, it        may be discarded by the decoding process.        The last byte of the NAL unit may not be equal to 0x00.        Within the NAL unit, the following three-byte sequences may not        occur at any byte-aligned position:    -   0x000000    -   0x000001    -   0x000002        Within the NAL unit, any four-byte sequence that starts with        0x000003 other than the following sequences may not occur at any        byte-aligned position:    -   0x00000300    -   0x00000301    -   0x00000302    -   0x00000303

7.4.2.2 NAL Unit Header Semantics

forbidden_zero_bit may be equal to 0.nuh_reserved_zero_bit may be equal to 0. The value 1 ofnuh_reserved_zero_bit may be specified in the future by ITU-T|ISO/IEC.Decoders may ignore (i.e. remove from the bitstream and discard) NALunits with nuh_reserved_zero_bit equal to 1.nuh_layer_id specifies the identifier of the layer to which a VCL NALunit belongs or the identifier of a layer to which a non-VCL NAL unitapplies. The value of nuh_layer_id may be in the range of 0 to 55,inclusive. Other values for nuh_layer_id are reserved for future use byITU-T|ISO/IEC.The value of nuh_layer_id may be the same for all VCL NAL units of acoded picture. The value of nuh_layer_id of a coded picture or a PU isthe value of the nuh_layer_id of the VCL NAL units of the coded pictureor the PU.The value of nuh_layer_id for AUD, PH, EOS, and FD NAL units isconstrained as follows:

-   -   If nal_unit_type is equal to AUD_NUT, nuh_layer_id may be equal        to vps_layer_id[0].    -   Otherwise, when nal_unit_type is equal to PH_NUT, EOS_NUT, or        FD_NUT, nuh_layer_id may be equal to the nuh_layer_id of        associated VCL NAL unit.    -   NOTE 1—The value of nuh_layer_id of DCI, VPS, and EOB NAL units        is not constrained.        The value of nal_unit_type may be the same for all pictures of a        CVSS AU.        nal_unit_type specifies the NAL unit type, i.e., the type of        RBSP data structure contained in the NAL unit as specified in        Table 5.        NAL units that have nal_unit_type in the range of UNSPEC_28 . .        . UNSPEC_31, inclusive, for which semantics are not specified,        may not affect the decoding process specified in this        Specification.    -   NOTE 2—NAL unit types in the range of UNSPEC_28 . . . UNSPEC_31        may be used as determined by the application. No decoding        process for these values of nal_unit_type is specified in this        Specification. Since different applications might use these NAL        unit types for different purposes, particular care may be        exercised in the design of encoders that generate NAL units with        these nal_unit_type values, and in the design of decoders that        interpret the content of NAL units with these nal_unit_type        values. This Specification does not define any management for        these values. These nal_unit_type values might only be suitable        for use in contexts in which “collisions” of usage (i.e.,        different definitions of the meaning of the NAL unit content for        the same nal_unit_type value) are unimportant, or not possible,        or are managed—e.g., defined or managed in the controlling        application or transport specification, or by controlling the        environment in which bitstreams are distributed.        For purposes other than determining the amount of data in the        DUs of the bitstream decoders may ignore (remove from the        bitstream and discard) the contents of all NAL units that use        reserved values of nal_unit_type.    -   NOTE 3—This allows future definition of compatible extensions to        this Specification.

TABLE 5 NAL unit type codes and NAL unit type classes nal_unit_ Name ofContent of NAL unit and RBSP syntax NAL unit type nal_unit_typestructure type class  0 TRAIL _NUT Coded slice of a trailing picture VCLslice_layer_rbsp( )  1 STSANUT Coded slice of an STSA picture VCLslice_layer_rbsp( )  2 RADLNUT Coded slice of a RADL picture VCLslice_layer_rbsp( )  3 RASL_NUT Coded slice of a RASL picture VCL slicelayer rbsp( )  4 . . . 6 RSV_VCL_4 . . . Reserved non-IRAP VCL NAL unittypes VCL RSV_VCL 6  7 IDR_W_RADL Coded slice of an IDR picture VCL  8IDR_N_LP slice_layer_rbsp( )  9 CRA_NUT Coded slice of a CRA picturesilce_layer_rbsp( ) 10 GDR_NUT Coded slice of a GDR picture VCLslice_layer_rbsp( ) 11 RSV_IRAP_11 Reserved IRAP VCL NAL unit types VCL12 RSV_IRAP_12 13 DCI_NUT Decoding capability informationdecoding_capability_information_rbsp() 14 VPS_NUT Video parameter setvideo_parameter_set_rbsp( ) 15 SPS_NUT Sequence parameter set non-VCLseq_parameter_set_rbsp( ) 16 PPS_NUT Picture parameter set non-VCLpic_parameter_set_rbsp( ) 17 PREFIX_APS_NUT Adaptation parameter setnon-VCL 18 SUFFIX_APS_NUT adaptation_parameter_set_rbsp( ) 19 PH_NUTPicture header non-VCL picture_header_rbsp( ) 20 AUD_NUT AU delimiternon-VCL access_unit_delimiter_rbsp( ) 21 EOS_NUT End of sequence non-VCLend_of_seq_rbsp( ) 22 EOB_NUT End of bitstream non-VCLend_of_bitstream_rbsp( ) 23 PREFIX_SEI_NUT Supplemental enhancementinformation non-VCL 24 SUFFIX_SEI_NUT sei_rbsp( ) 25 FD_NUT Filler datanon-VCL filler_data_rbsp( ) 26 RSV_NVCL_26 Reserved non-VCL NAL unittypes non-VCL 27 RSV_NVCL_27 28 . . . 31 UNSPEC_28 . . . Unspecifiednon-VCL NAL unit types non-VCL UNSPEC_31 NOTE 4 - A clean random access(CRA) picture may have associated RASE or RADL pictures present in thebitstream. NOTE 5 - An instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picturehaving nal_unit_type equal to IDR_N_LP does not have associated leadingpictures present in the bitstream. An IDR picture having nal_unit_typeequal to IDR_W_RADL does not have associated RASL pictures present inthe bitstream, but may have associated RADL pictures in the bitstream.For VCL NAL units of any particular picture, the following applies:

-   -   If mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag is equal to 0, the value of        nal_unit_type may be the same for all coded slice NAL units of a        picture. A picture or a PU is referred to as having the same NAL        unit type as the coded slice NAL units of the picture or PU.    -   Otherwise (mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag is equal to 1), the VCL        NAL units of one or more subpictures of the picture all have a        particular value of nal_unit_type equal to STSA_NUT, RADL_NUT,        RASL_NUT, IDR_W_RADL, IDR_N_LP, or CRA_NUT, while the other VCL        NAL units in the picture all have a different particular value        of nal_unit_type equal to TRAIL_NUT, RADL_NUT, or RASL_NUT.        For a single-layer bitstream, the following constraints apply:    -   Each picture, other than the first picture in the bitstream in        decoding order, is considered to be associated with the previous        IRAP picture in decoding order.    -   When a picture is a leading picture of an IRAP picture, it may        be a RADL or RASL picture.    -   When a picture is a trailing picture of an IRAP picture, it may        not be a RADL or RASL picture.    -   No RASL pictures may be present in the bitstream that are        associated with an IDR picture.    -   No RADL pictures may be present in the bitstream that are        associated with an IDR picture having nal_unit_type equal to        IDR_N_LP.    -   NOTE 6—It is possible to perform random access at the position        of an IRAP PU by discarding all PUs before the IRAP PU (and to        correctly decode the IRAP picture and all the subsequent        non-RASL pictures in decoding order), provided each parameter        set is available (either in the bitstream or by external means        not specified in this Specification) when it is referenced.    -   Any picture that precedes an IRAP picture in decoding order may        precede the IRAP picture in output order and may precede any        RADL picture associated with the IRAP picture in output order.    -   Any RASL picture associated with a CRA picture may precede any        RADL picture associated with the CRA picture in output order.    -   Any RASL picture associated with a CRA picture may follow, in        output order, any IRAP picture that precedes the CRA picture in        decoding order.    -   If field_seq_flag is equal to 0 and the current picture is a        leading picture associated with an IRAP picture, it may precede,        in decoding order, all non-leading pictures that are associated        with the same IRAP picture. Otherwise, let picA and picB be the        first and the last leading pictures, in decoding order,        associated with an IRAP picture, respectively, there may be at        most one non-leading picture preceding picA in decoding order,        and there may be no non-leading picture between picA and picB in        decoding order.        nuh_temporal_id_plus1 minus 1 specifies a temporal identifier        for the NAL unit. The value of nuh_temporal_id_plus1 may not be        equal to 0.        The variable TemporalId is derived

TemporalId=nuh_temporal_id_plus1−1  (36)

When nal_unit_type is in the range of IDR_W_RADL to RSV_IRAP_12,inclusive, TemporalId may be equal to 0.

When nal_unit_type is equal to STSA_NUT andvps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id]] is equal to 1,TemporalId may not be equal to 0.

The value of TemporalId may be the same for all VCL NAL units of an AU.The value of TemporalId of a coded picture, a PU, or an AU is the valueof the TemporalId of the VCL NAL units of the coded picture, PU, or AU.The value of TemporalId of a sublayer representation is the greatestvalue of TemporalId of all VCL NAL units in the sublayer representation.The value of TemporalId for non-VCL NAL units is constrained as follows:

-   -   If nal_unit_type is equal to DCI_NUT, VPS_NUT, or SPS_NUT,        TemporalId may be equal to 0 and the TemporalId of the AU        containing the NAL unit may be equal to 0.    -   Otherwise, if nal_unit_type is equal to PH_NUT, TemporalId may        be equal to the TemporalId of the PU containing the NAL unit.    -   Otherwise, if nal_unit_type is equal to EOS_NUT or EOB_NUT,        TemporalId may be equal to 0.    -   Otherwise, if nal_unit_type is equal to AUD_NUT, FD_NUT,        PREFIX_SEI_NUT, or SUFFIX_SEI_NUT, TemporalId may be equal to        the TemporalId of the AU containing the NAL unit.    -   Otherwise, when nal_unit_type is equal to PPS_NUT,        PREFIX_APS_NUT, or SUFFIX_APS_NUT, TemporalId may be greater        than or equal to the TemporalId of the PU containing the NAL        unit.    -   NOTE 7—When the NAL unit is a non-VCL NAL unit, the value of        TemporalId is equal to the minimum value of the TemporalId        values of all AUs to which the non-VCL NAL unit applies. When        nal_unit_type is equal to PPS_NUT, PREFIX_APS_NUT, or        SUFFIX_APS_NUT, TemporalId may be greater than or equal to the        TemporalId of the containing AU, as all PPSs and APSs may be        included in the beginning of the bitstream (e.g., when they are        transported out-of-band, and the receiver places them at the        beginning of the bitstream), wherein the first coded picture has        TemporalId equal to 0.        7.4.2.3 Encapsulation of a SODB within a RBSP (Informative)        This clause does not form an integral part of this        Specification.        The form of encapsulation of a SODB within a RBSP and the use of        the emulation_prevention_three_byte for encapsulation of a RBSP        within a NAL unit is described for the following purposes:    -   To prevent the emulation of start codes within NAL units while        allowing any arbitrary SODB to be represented within a NAL unit,    -   To enable identification of the end of the SODB within the NAL        unit by searching the RBSP for the rbsp_stop_one_bit starting at        the end of the RBSP,    -   To enable a NAL unit to have a size greater than that of the        SODB under some circumstances (using one or more cabac_zero_word        syntax elements).

The encoder can produce a NAL unit from a RBSP by the followingprocedure:

-   -   1. The RBSP data are searched for byte-aligned bits of the        following binary patterns:        -   ‘00000000 00000000 000000xx’ (where ‘xx’ represents any            two-bit pattern: ‘00’, ‘01’, ‘10’, or ‘11’),    -   and a byte equal to 0x03 is inserted to replace the bit pattern        with the pattern:        -   ‘00000000 00000000 00000011 000000xx’,    -   and finally, when the last byte of the RBSP data is equal to        0x00 (which can only occur when the RBSP ends in a        cabac_zero_word), a final byte equal to 0x03 is appended to the        end of the data. The last zero byte of a byte-aligned three-byte        sequence 0x000000 in the RBSP (which is replaced by the        four-byte sequence 0x00000300) is taken into account when        searching the RBSP data for the next occurrence of byte-aligned        bits with the binary patterns specified above.    -   2. The resulting sequence of bytes is then prefixed with the NAL        unit header, within which the nal_unit_type indicates the type        of RBSP data structure in the NAL unit.        The process specified above results in the construction of the        entire NAL unit.        This process can allow any SODB to be represented in a NAL unit        while ensuring both of the following:    -   No byte-aligned start code prefix is emulated within the NAL        unit.    -   No sequence of 8 zero-valued bits followed by a start code        prefix, regardless of byte-alignment, is emulated within the NAL        unit.

7.4.2.4 Order of NAL Units in the Bitstream 7.4.2.4.1 General

The subclauses of clause 7.4.2.4 specify constraints on the order of NALunits in the bitstream.Any order of NAL units in the bitstream obeying these constraints isreferred to in the text as the decoding order of NAL units.Within a NAL unit, the syntax in clauses 7.3 and D.2 specifies thedecoding order of syntax elements. When the VUI parameters or any SEImessage specified in ITU-T H.SEI|ISO/IEC 23002-7 is included in a NALunit specified in this Specification, the syntax of the VUI parametersor the SEI message specified in ITU-T H.SEI|ISO/IEC 23002-7 specifiesthe decoding order of those syntax elements. Decoders may be capable ofreceiving NAL units and their syntax elements in decoding order.7.4.2.4.2 Order of AUs and their Association to CVSsA bitstream consists of one or more CVSs.A CVS consists of one or more AUs. The order of PUs and theirassociation to AUs are described in clause 7.4.2.4.3.The first AU of a CVS is a CVSS AU, wherein each present PU is a CLVSSPU, which is either an IRAP PU with NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to1 or a GDR PU with NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to 1.Each CVSS AU may have a PU for each of the layers present in the CVS.For bitstream conformance, when present, the next AU after an AU thatcontains an EOS NAL unit may be a CVSS AU.7.4.2.4.3 Order of PUs and their Association to AUsAn AU consists of one or more PUs in increasing order of nuh_layer_id.The order NAL units and coded pictures and their association to PUs aredescribed in clause 7.4.2.4.4.There can be at most one AUD NAL unit in an AU. When an AUD NAL unit ispresent in an AU, it may be the first NAL unit of the AU, andconsequently, it is the first NAL unit of the first PU of the AU.There can be at most one EOB NAL unit in an AU. When an EOB NAL unit ispresent in an AU, it may be the last NAL unit of the AU, andconsequently, it is the last NAL unit of the last PU of the AU.A VCL NAL unit is the first VCL NAL unit of an AU (and consequently thePU containing the VCL NAL unit is the first PU of the AU) when the VCLNAL unit is the first VCL NAL unit that follows a PH NAL unit and one ormore of the following conditions are true:

-   -   The value of nuh_layer_id of the VCL NAL unit is less than the        nuh_layer_id of the previous picture in decoding order.    -   The value of ph_pic_order_cnt_lsb of the VCL NAL unit differs        from the ph_pic_order_cnt_lsb of the previous picture in        decoding order.    -   PicOrderCntVal derived for the VCL NAL unit differs from the        PicOrderCntVal of the previous picture in decoding order.

Let firstVclNalUnitInAu be the first VCL NAL unit of an AU. The first ofany of the following NAL units preceding firstVclNalUnitInAu andsucceeding the last VCL NAL unit preceding firstVclNalUnitInAu, if any,specifies the start of a new AU:

-   -   AUD NAL unit (when present),    -   DCI NAL unit (when present),    -   VPS NAL unit (when present),    -   SPS NAL unit (when present),    -   PPS NAL unit (when present),    -   Prefix APS NAL unit (when present),    -   PH NAL unit (when present),    -   Prefix SEI NAL unit (when present),    -   NAL unit with nal_unit_type equal to RSV_NVCL_26 (when present),    -   NAL unit with nal_unit_type in the range of UNSPEC28 . . .        UNSPEC29 (when present).    -   NOTE—The first NAL unit preceding firstVclNalUnitInAu and        succeeding the last VCL NAL unit preceding firstVclNalUnitInAu,        if any, can only be one of the above-listed NAL units.        For bitstream conformance, when present, the next PU of a        particular layer after a PU that belongs to the same layer and        contains an EOS NAL unit may be a CLVSS PU, which is either an        IRAP PU with NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to 1 or a GDR PU        with NoOutputBeforeRecoveryFlag equal to 1.        7.4.2.4.4 Order of NAL Units and Coded Pictures and their        Association to PUs        A PU consists of zero or one PH NAL unit, one coded picture,        which comprises of one or more VCL NAL units, and zero or more        other non-VCL NAL units. The association of VCL NAL units to        coded pictures is described in clause 7.4.2.4.5.        When a picture consists of more than one VCL NAL unit, a PH NAL        unit may be present in the PU.        If a PH NAL unit is present in a PU, the first VCL NAL unit of a        picture is the first VCL NAL unit that follows the PH NAL unit        in decoding order of the picture. Otherwise (no PH NAL unit is        present in the PU), the first VCL NAL unit of a picture is the        only VCL NAL unit of the picture. The order of the non-VCL NAL        units (other than the AUD and EOB NAL units) within a PU may        obey the following constraints:    -   When a PH NAL unit is present in a PU, it may precede the first        VCL NAL unit of the PU.    -   When any DCI NAL units, VPS NAL units, SPS NAL units, PPS NAL        units, prefix APS NAL units, prefix SEI NAL units, NAL units        with nal_unit_type equal to RSV_NVCL_26, or NAL units with        nal_unit_type in the range of UNSPEC_28 . . . UNSPEC_29 are        present in a PU, they may not follow the last VCL NAL unit of        the PU.    -   When any DCI NAL units, VPS NAL units, SPS NAL units, or PPS NAL        units are present in a PU, they may precede the PH NAL unit        (when present) of the PU and may precede the first VCL NAL unit        of the PU.    -   NAL units having nal_unit_type equal to SUFFIX_APS_NUT,        SUFFIX_SEI_NUT, FD_NUT, or RSV_NVCL_27, or in the range of        UNSPEC_30 . . . UNSPEC_31 in a PU may not precede the first VCL        NAL unit of the PU.    -   When an EOS NAL unit is present in a PU, it may be the last NAL        unit among all NAL units within the PU other than an EOB NAL        unit (when present).        7.4.2.4.5 Order of VCL NAL Units and their Association to Coded        Pictures        The order of the VCL NAL units within a coded picture is        constrained as follows:    -   For any two coded slice NAL units A and B of a coded picture,        let subpicIdxA and subpicIdxB be their subpicture level index        values, and sliceAddrA and sliceddrB be their slice_address        values.    -   When either of the following conditions is true, coded slice NAL        unit A may precede coded slice NAL unit B:        -   subpicIdxA is less than subpicIdxB.        -   subpicIdxA is equal to subpicIdxB and sliceAddrA is less            than sliceAddrB.

7.4.3. Raw Byte Sequence Payloads, Trailing Bits and Byte AlignmentSemantics 7.4.3.1 Decoding Capability Information RBSP Semantics

A DCI RBSP may be made available to the decoder, through either beingpresent in the bitstream, included in at least the first AU of thebitstream, or provided through external means.

-   -   NOTE 1—The information contained in the DCI RBSP is not        necessary for operation of the decoding process.        When present, all DCI NAL units in a bitstream may have the same        content.        dci_max_sublayers_minus1 plus 1 specifies the maximum number of        temporal sublayers that may be present in a layer in each CVS of        the bitstream. The value of dci_max_sublayers_minus1 may be in        the range of 0 to 6, inclusive.        dci_reserved_zero_bit may be equal to 0 in bitstreams conforming        to this version of this Specification. The value 1 for        dci_reserved_zero_bit is reserved for future use by        ITU-T|ISO/IEC.        dci_num_ptls_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number of        profile_tier_level( ) syntax structures in the DCI NAL unit.        For bitstream conformance, each OLS in a CVS in the bitstream        may conform to at least one of the profile_tier_level( ) syntax        structures in the DCI NAL unit.    -   NOTE 2—The DCI NAL unit may include PTL information, possibly        carried in multiple profile_tier_level( ) syntax structures,        that applies collectively to multiple OLSs, and does not need to        include PTL information for each of the OLSs individually.        dci_extension_flag equal to 0 specifies that no        dci_extension_data_flag syntax elements are present in the DCI        RBSP syntax structure. dci_extension_flag equal to 1 specifies        that there are dci_extension_data_flag syntax elements present        in the DCI RBSP syntax structure.        dci_extension_data_flag may have any value. Its presence and        value do not affect decoder conformance to profiles. Decoders        conforming to this version of this Specification may ignore all        dci_extension_data_flag syntax elements.

7.4.3.2 Video Parameter Set RBSP Semantics

A VPS RBSP may be available to the decoding process prior to it beingreferenced, included in at least one AU with TemporalId equal to 0 orprovided through external means.All VPS NAL units with a particular value of vps_video_parameter_set_idin a CVS may have the same content.vps_video_parameter_set_id provides an identifier for the VPS forreference by other syntax elements. The value ofvps_video_parameter_set_id may be greater than 0.vps_max_layers_minus1 plus 1 specifies the maximum allowed number oflayers in each CVS referring to the VPS.vps_max_sublayers_minus1 plus 1 specifies the maximum number of temporalsublayers that may be present in a layer in each CVS referring to theVPS. The value of vps_max_sublayers_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to6, inclusive.vps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag equal to 1 specifies that thenumber of temporal sublayers is the same for all the layers in each CVSreferring to the VPS.vps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag equal to 0 specifies that thelayers in each CVS referring to the VPS may or may not have the samenumber of temporal sublayers. When not present, the value ofvps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag is inferred to be equal to 1.vps_all_independent_layers_flag equal to 1 specifies that all layers inthe CVS are independently coded without using inter-layer prediction.vps_all_independent_layers_flag equal to 0 specifies that one or more ofthe layers in the CVS may use inter-layer prediction. When not present,the value of vps_all_independent_layers_flag is inferred to be equal to1.vps_layer_id[i] specifies the nuh_layer_id value of the i-th layer. Forany two non-negative integer values of m and n, when m is less than n,the value of vps_layer_id[m] may be less than vps_layer_id[n].vps_independent_layer_flag[i] equal to 1 specifies that the layer withindex i does not use inter-layer prediction.vps_independent_layer_flag[i] equal to 0 specifies that the layer withindex i may use inter-layer prediction and the syntax elementsvps_direct_ref_layer_flag[i][j] for j in the range of 0 to i−1,inclusive, are present in VPS. When not present, the value ofvps_independent_layer_flag[i] is inferred to be equal to 1.vps_direct_ref_layer_flag[i][j] equal to 0 specifies that the layer withindex j is not a direct reference layer for the layer with index i.vps_direct_ref_layer_flag [i][j] equal to 1 specifies that the layerwith index j is a direct reference layer for the layer with index i.When vps_direct_ref_layer_flag[i][j] is not present for i and j in therange of 0 to vps_max_layers_minus1, inclusive, it is inferred to beequal to 0. When vps_independent_layer_flag[i] is equal to 0, there maybe at least one value of j in the range of 0 to i−1, inclusive, suchthat the value of vps_direct_ref_layer_flag[i][j] is equal to 1. Thevariables NumDirectRefLayers[i], DirectRefLayerIdx[i][d],NumRefLayers[i], RefLayerIdx[i][r], and LayerUsedAsRefLayerFlag[j] arederived as follows:

for( i = 0; i <= vps_max_layers_minus1; i++ ) {  for( j = 0; j <=vps_max_layers_minus1; j++ ) {   dependencyFlag[ i ][ j ] =vps_direct_ref_layer_flag[ i ][ j ]   for( k = 0, k < i; k++ )    if(vps_direct_ref_layer_flag[ i ][ k ] &&    dependencyFlag[ k ][ j ] )    dependencyFlag[ i ][ j ] = 1  }  LayerUsedAsRefLayerFlag[ i ] = 0 }for( i = 0; i <= vps_max_layers_minus1; i++ ) {  for( j = 0, d = 0, r =0; j <= vps_max_layers_minus1; j++ ) { (37)   if( direct_ref_layer_flag[i ][ j ] ) {    DirectRefLayerIdx[ i ][ d++ ] = j   LayerUsedAsRefLayerFlag[ j ] = 1   }   if( dependencyFlag[ i ][ j ] )   RefLayerIdx[ i ][ r++ ] = j  }  NumDirectRefLayers[ i ] = d NumRefLayers[ i ] = r }The variable GeneralLayerIdx[i], specifying the layer index of the layerwith nuh_layer_id equal to vps_layer_id[i], is derived as follows:

for( i = 0; i <= vps_max_layers_minus1; i++ ) (38)  GeneralLayerIdx[vps_layer_id[ i ] ] = iFor any two different values of i and j, both in the range of 0 tovps_max_layers_minus1, inclusive, when dependencyFlag[i][j] equal to 1,for bitstream conformance, the values of chroma_format_idc andbit_depth_minus8 that apply to the i-th layer may be equal to the valuesof chroma_format_idc and bit_depth_minus8, respectively, that apply tothe j-th layer.max_tid_ref_present_flag[i] equal to 1 specifies that the syntax elementmax_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[i] is present. max_tid_ref_present_flag[i]equal to 0 specifies that the syntax elementmax_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[i] is not present.max_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[i] equal to 0 specifies that inter-layerprediction is not used by non-IRAP pictures of the i-th layer.max_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[i] greater than 0 specifies that, for decodingpictures of the i-th layer, no picture with TemporalId greater thanmax_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[i]−1 is used as ILRP. When not present, thevalue of max_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[i] is inferred to be equal to 7.each_layer_is_an_ols_flag equal to 1 specifies that each OLS containsonly one layer and each layer itself in a CVS referring to the VPS is anOLS with the single included layer being the only output layer.each_layer_is_an_ols_flag equal to 0 that an OLS may contain more thanone layer. If vps_max_layers_minus1 is equal to 0, the value ofeach_layer_is_an_ols_flag is inferred to be equal to 1. Otherwise, whenvps_all_independent_layers_flag is equal to 0, the value ofeach_layer_is_an_ols_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.ols_mode_idc equal to 0 specifies that the total number of OLSsspecified by the VPS is equal to vps_max_layers_minus1+1, the i-th OLSincludes the layers with layer indices from 0 to i, inclusive, and foreach OLS only the highest layer in the OLS is output.ols_mode_idc equal to 1 specifies that the total number of OLSsspecified by the VPS is equal to vps_max_layers_minus1+1, the i-th OLSincludes the layers with layer indices from 0 to i, inclusive, and foreach OLS all layers in the OLS are output.ols_mode_idc equal to 2 specifies that the total number of OLSsspecified by the VPS is explicitly signalled and for each OLS the outputlayers are explicitly signalled and other layers are the layers that aredirect or indirect reference layers of the output layers of the OLS.The value of ols_mode_idc may be in the range of 0 to 2, inclusive. Thevalue 3 of ols_mode_idc is reserved for future use by ITU-T|ISO/IEC.When vps_all_independent_layers_flag is equal to 1 andeach_layer_is_an_ols_flag is equal to 0, the value of ols_mode_idc isinferred to be equal to 2.num_output_layer_sets_minus1 plus 1 specifies the total number of OLSsspecified by the VPS when ols_mode_idc is equal to 2.The variable TotalNumOlss, specifying the total number of OLSs specifiedby the VPS, is derived as follows:

if( vps_max_layers_minus1 = = 0 )  TotalNumOlss = 1 else if(each_layer_is_an_ols_flag | | ols_mode_idc = = 0 | | ols_mode_idc = = 1)  TotalNumOlss = vps_max_layers_minus1 + 1 (39) else if( ols_mode_idc == 2 )  TotalNumOlss = num_output_layer_sets_minus1 + 1ols_output_layer_flag[i][j] equal to 1 specifies that the layer withnuh_layer_id equal to vps_layer_id[j] is an output layer of the i-th OLSwhen ols_mode_idc is equal to 2. ols_output_layer_flag[i][j] equal to 0specifies that the layer with nuh_layer_id equal to vps_layer_id[j] isnot an output layer of the i-th OLS when ols_mode_idc is equal to 2. Thevariable NumOutputLayersInOls[i], specifying the number of output layersin the i-th OLS, the variable NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[i][j], specifyingthe number of sublayers in the j-th layer in the i-th OLS, the variableOutputLayerIdInOls[i][j], specifying the nuh_layer_id value of the j-thoutput layer in the i-th OLS, and the variableLayerUsedAsOutputLayerFlag[k], specifying whether the k-th layer is usedas an output layer in at least one OLS, are derived as follows:

NumOutputLayersInOls[ 0 ] = 1 OutputLayerIdInOls[ 0 ][ 0 ] =vps_layer_id[ 0 ] NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ 0 ][ 0 ] =vps_max_sub_layers_minus1 + 1 LayerUsedAsOutputLayerFlag[ 0 ] = 1 for( i= 1, i <= vps_max_layers_minus1; i++ ) {  if( each_layer_is_an_ols_flag| | ols_mode_idc < 2 )   LayerUsedAsOutputLayerFlag[ i ] = 1  else /*(!each_layer_is_an_ols_flag && ols_mode_idc = = 2 ) */  LayerUsedAsOutputLayerFlag[ i ] = 0 } for( i = 1; i < TotalNumOlss;i++ )  if( each_layer_is_an_ols_flag | | ols_mode_idc = = 0 ) {  NumOutputLayersInOls[ i ] = 1   OutputLayerIdInOls[ i ][ 0 ] =vps_layer_id[ i ]   for( j = 0; j < i && ( ols_mode_idc = = 0 ); j++ )   NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ i ][ j ] =    max_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[ i]   NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ i ][ i ] =   vps_max_sub_layers_minus1 + 1 } else if( ols_mode_idc = = 1 ) {   NumOutputLayersInOls[ i ] = i + 1  for( j = 0, j < NumOutputLayersInOls[ i ], j++ ) {   OutputLayerIdInOls[ i ][ j ] = vps_layer_id[ j ]   NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ i ][ j ] =    vps_max_sub_layers_minus1 + 1  }  } else if( ols_mode_idc = = 2 ) {   for( j = 0; j <=vps_max_layers_minus1; j++ ) {    layerIncludedInOlsFlag[ i ][ j ] = 0   NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ i ][ j ] = 0   }   for( k = 0, j = 0; k <=vps_max_layers_minus1; k++ ) (40)    if( ols_output_layer_flag[ i ][ k ]) {     layerIncludedInOlsFlag[ i ][ k ] = 1    LayerUsedAsOutputLayerFlag[ k ] = 1     OutputLayerIdx[ i ][ j ] = k    OutputLayerIdInOls[ i ][ j++ ] = vps_layer_id[ k ]    NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ i ][ j ] = vps_max_sub_layers_minus1 + 1   }   NumOutputLayersInOls[ i ] = j   for( j = 0; j <NumOutputLayersInOls[ i ]; j++ ) {    idx = OutputLayerIdx[ i ][ j ]   for( k = 0; k < NumRefLayers[ idx ]; k++ ) {    layerIncludedInOlsFlag[ i ][ RefLayerIdx[ idx ][ k ] ] = 1     if(NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ i ][ RefLayerIdx[ idx ][     k ] ] < max_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[ OutputLayerIdInOls[ i ][ j ] ] )     NumSubLayersInLayerInOLS[ i ][ RefLayerIdx[ idx ][ k ] ] =     max_tid_il_ref_pics_plus1[ OutputLayerIdInOls[ i ][ j ] ]    }   } }For each value of i in the range of 0 to vps_max_layers_minus1,inclusive, the values of LayerUsedAsRefLayerFlag[i] andLayerUsedAsOutputLayerFlag[i] may not be both equal to 0.In other words, there may be no layer that is neither an output layer ofat least one OLS nor a direct reference layer of any other layer.For each OLS, there may be at least one layer that is an output layer.In other words, for any value of i in the range of 0 to TotalNumOlss−1,inclusive, the value of NumOutputLayersInOls[i] may be greater than orequal to 1.The variable NumLayersInOls[i], specifying the number of layers in thei-th OLS, and the variable LayerIdInOls[i][j], specifying thenuh_layer_id value of the j-th layer in the i-th OLS, are derived asfollows:

NumLayersInOls[ 0 ] = 1 LayerIdInOls[ 0 ][ 0 ] = vps_layer_id[ 0 ] for(i = 1; i < TotalNumOlss; i++ ) {  if( each_layer_is_an_ols_flag ) {  NumLayersInOls[ i ] = 1   LayerIdInOls[ i ][ 0 ] = vps_layer_id[ i ](41)  } else if( ols_mode_idc = = 0 | | ols_mode_idc = = 1 ) {  NumLayersInOls[ i ] = i + 1   for( j = 0; j < NumLayersInOls[ i ]; j++)    LayerIdInOls[ i ][ j ] = vps_layer_id[ j ]  } else if( ols_mode_idc= = 2 ) {   for( k = 0, j = 0; k <= vps_max_layers_minus1; k++ )    if(layerIncludedInOlsFlag[ i ][ k ] )    LayerIdInOls[ i ][ j++ ] =vps_layer_id[ k ]   NumLayersInOls[ i ] = j  } } NOTE 1 The 0-th OLScontains only the lowest layer (i.e., the layer with nuh_layer_id equalto vps_layer_id[ 0 ]) and for the 0-th OLS the only included layer isoutput.The variable OlsLayerIdx[i][j], specifying the OLS layer index of thelayer with nuh_layer_id equal to LayerIdInOls[i][j], is derived asfollows:

for( i = 0; i < TotalNumOlss; i++ )  for j = 0; j < NumLayersInOls[ i ];j++ ) (42)   OlsLayerIdx[ i ][ LayerIdInOls[ i ][ j ] ] = jThe lowest layer in each OLS may be an independent layer. In otherwords, for each i in the range of 0 to TotalNumOlss−1, inclusive, thevalue of vps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[LayerIdInOls[i][0]]]may be equal to 1. Each layer may be included in at least one OLSspecified by the VPS. In other words, for each layer with a particularvalue of nuh_layer_id nuhLayerId equal to one of vps_layer_id[k] for kin the range of 0 to vps_max_layers_minus1, inclusive, there may be atleast one pair of values of i and j, where i is in the range of 0 toTotalNumOlss−1, inclusive, and j is in the range of NumLayersInOls[i]−1,inclusive, such that the value of LayerIdInOls[i][j] is equal tonuhLayerId.vps_num_pts_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number of profile_tier_level( )syntax structures in the VPS. The value of vps_num_ptls_minus1 may beless than TotalNumOlss.pt_present_flag[i] equal to 1 specifies that profile, tier, and generalconstraints information are present in the i-th profile_tier_level( )syntax structure in the VPS. pt_present_flag[i] equal to 0 specifiesthat profile, tier, and general constraints information are not presentin the i-th profile_tier_level( ) syntax structure in the VPS. The valueof pt_present_flag[0] is inferred to be equal to 1. Whenpt_present_flag[i] is equal to 0, the profile, tier, and generalconstraints information for the i-th profile_tier_level( ) syntaxstructure in the VPS are inferred to be the same as that for the(i−1)-th profile_tier_level( ) syntax structure in the VPS.ptl_max_temporal_id[i] specifies the TemporalId of the highest sublayerrepresentation for which the level information is present in the i-thprofile_tier_level( ) syntax structure in the VPS. The value ofptl_max_temporal_id[i] may be in the range of 0 tovps_max_sublayers_minus1, inclusive. When vps_max_sublayers_minus1 isequal to 0, the value of ptl_max_temporal_id[i] is inferred to be equalto 0. When vps_max_sublayers_minus1 is greater than 0 andvps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag is equal to 1, the value ofptl_max_temporal_id[i] is inferred to be equal tovps_max_sublayers_minus1.vps_ptl_alignment_zero_bit may be equal to 0.ols_ptl_idx[i] specifies the index, to the list of profile_tier_level( )syntax structures in the VPS, of the profile_tier_level( ) syntaxstructure that applies to the i-th OLS. When present, the value ofols_ptl_idx[i] may be in the range of 0 to vps_num_ptls_minus1,inclusive. When vps_num_ptls_minus1 is equal to 0, the value ofols_ptl_idx[i] is inferred to be equal to 0. When NumLayersInOls[i] isequal to 1, the profile_tier_level( ) syntax structure that applies tothe i-th OLS is also present in the SPS referred to by the layer in thei-th OLS. For bitstream conformance, when NumLayersInOls[i] is equal to1, the profile_tier_level( ) syntax structures signalled in the VPS andin the SPS for the i-th OLS may be identical.vps_num_dpb_params specifies the number of dpb_parameters( ) syntaxstructures in the VPS. The value of vps_num_dpb_params may be in therange of 0 to 16, inclusive. When not present, the value ofvps_num_dpb_params is inferred to be equal to 0.vps_sublayer_dpb_params_present flag is used to control the presence ofmax_dec_pic_buffering_minus1[ ], max_num_reorder_pics[ ], andmax_latency_increase_plus1[ ] syntax elements in the dpb_parameters( )syntax structures in the VPS. When not present,vps_sub_dpb_params_info_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.dpb_max_temporal_id[i] specifies the TemporalId of the highest sublayerrepresentation for which the DPB parameters may be present in the i-thdpb_parameters( ) syntax structure in the VPS. The value ofdpb_max_temporal_id[i] may be in the range of 0 tovps_max_sublayers_minus1, inclusive. When vps_max_sublayers_minus1 isequal to 0, the value of dpb_max_temporal_id[i] is inferred to be equalto 0. When vps_max_sublayers_minus1 is greater than 0 andvps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag is equal to 1, the value ofdpb_max_temporal_id[i] is inferred to be equal tovps_max_sublayers_minus1.ois_dpb_pic_width[i] specifies the width, in units of luma samples, ofeach picture storage buffer for the i-th OLS.ols_dpb_pic_height[i] specifies the height, in units of luma samples, ofeach picture storage buffer for the i-th OLS.ols_dpb_params_idx[i] specifies the index, to the list ofdpb_parameters( ) syntax structures in the VPS, of the dpb_parameters( )syntax structure that applies to the i-th OLS when NumLayersInOls[i] isgreater than 1. When present, the value of ols_dpb_params_idx[i] may bein the range of 0 to vps_num_dpb_params−1, inclusive. Whenols_dpb_params_idx[i] is not present, the value of ols_dpb_params_idx[i]is inferred to be equal to 0.When NumLayersInOls[i] is equal to 1, the dpb_parameters( ) syntaxstructure that applies to the i-th OLS is present in the SPS referred toby the layer in the i-th OLS.vps_general_hrd_params_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that the syntaxstructure general_hrd_parameters( ) and other HRD parameters are presentin the VPS RBSP syntax structure. vps_general_hrd_params_present_flagequal to 0 specifies that the syntax structure general_hrd_parameters( )and other HRD parameters are not present in the VPS RBSP syntaxstructure. When not present, the value ofvps_general_hrd_params_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.When NumLayersInOls[i] is equal to 1, the general_hrd_parameters( )syntax structure that applies to the i-th OLS is present in the SPSreferred to by the layer in the i-th OLS.vps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that the i-thols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structure in the VPS contains HRDparameters for the sublayer representations with TemporalId in the rangeof 0 to hrd_max_tid[i], inclusive. vps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flagequal to 0 specifies that the i-th ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntaxstructure in the VPS contains HRD parameters for the sublayerrepresentation with TemporalId equal to hrd_max_tid[i] only. Whenvps_max_sublayers_minus1 is equal to 0, the value ofvps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.When vps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag is equal to 0, the HRDparameters for the sublayer representations with TemporalId in the rangeof 0 to hrd_max_tid[i]−1, inclusive, are inferred to be the same as thatfor the sublayer representation with TemporalId equal to hrd_max_tid[i].These include the HRD parameters starting from thefixed_pic_rate_general_flag[i] syntax element till thesublayer_hrd_parameters(i) syntax structure immediately under thecondition “if(general_vcl_hrd_params_present_flag)” in theols_hrd_parameters syntax structure.num_ols_hrd_params_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number ofols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structures present in thegeneral_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structure whenvps_general_hrd_params_present_flag is equal to 1. The value ofnum_ols_hrd_params_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to TotalNumOlss−1,inclusive.hrd_max_tid[i] specifies the TemporalId of the highest sublayerrepresentation for which the HRD parameters are contained in the i-thols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structure. The value of hrd_max_tid[i] maybe in the range of 0 to vps_max_sublayers_minus1, inclusive. Whenvps_max_sublayers_minus1 is equal to 0, the value of hrd_max_tid[i] isinferred to be equal to 0. When vps_max_sublayers_minus1 is greater than0 and vps_all_layers_same_num_sublayers_flag is equal to 1, the value ofhrd_max_tid[i] is inferred to be equal to vps_max_sublayers_minus1.ols_hrd_idx[i] specifies the index, to the list of ols_hrd_parameters( )syntax structures in the VPS, of the ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntaxstructure that applies to the i-th OLS when NumLayersInOls[i] is greaterthan 1. The value of ols_hrd_idx[[i] may be in the range of 0 tonum_ols_hrd_params_minus1, inclusive.When NumLayersInOls[i] is equal to 1, the ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntaxstructure that applies to the i-th OLS is present in the SPS referred toby the layer in the i-th OLS.If the value of num_ols_hrd_param_minus1+1 is equal to TotalNumOlss, thevalue of ols_hrd_idx[i] is inferred to be equal to i. Otherwise, whenNumLayersInOls[i] is greater than 1 and num_ols_hrd_params_minus1 isequal to 0, the value of ols_hrd_idx[[i] is inferred to be equal to 0.vps_extension_flag equal to 0 specifies that no vps_extension_data_flagsyntax elements are present in the VPS RBSP syntax structure.vps_extension_flag equal to 1 specifies that there arevps_extension_data_flag syntax elements present in the VPS RBSP syntaxstructure.vps_extension_data_flag may have any value. Its presence and value donot affect decoder conformance to profiles specified in this version ofthis Specification. Decoders conforming to this version of thisSpecification may ignore all vps_extension_data_flag syntax elements.

7.4.3.3 Sequence Parameter Set RBSP Semantics

A SPS RBSP may be available to the decoding process prior to it beingreferenced, included in at least one AU with TemporalId equal to 0 orprovided through external means.All SPS NAL units with a particular value of sps_seq_parameter_set_id ina CVS may have the same content.sps_seq_parameter_set_id provides an identifier for the SPS forreference by other syntax elements.SPS NAL units, regardless of the nuh_layer_id values, share the samevalue space of sps_seq_parameter_set_id.Let spsLayerId be the value of the nuh_layer_id of a particular SPS NALunit, and vclLayerId be the value of the nuh_layer_id of a particularVCL NAL unit. The particular VCL NAL unit may not refer to theparticular SPS NAL unit unless spsLayerId is less than or equal tovclLayerId and the layer with nuh_layer_id equal to spsLayerId isincluded in at least one OLS that includes the layer with nuh_layer_idequal to vclLayerId.sps_video_parameter_set_id, when greater than 0, specifies the value ofvps_video_parameter_set_id for the VPS referred to by the SPS.When sps_video_parameter_set_id is equal to 0, the following applies.

-   -   The SPS does not refer to a VPS.    -   No VPS is referred to when decoding each CLVS referring to the        SPS.    -   The value of vps_max_layers_minus1 is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   The CVS may contain only one layer (i.e., all VCL NAL unit in        the CVS may have the same value of nuh_layer_id).    -   The value of GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id] is inferred to be        equal to 0.    -   The value of        vps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id]] is        inferred to be equal to 1.        When vps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id]]        is equal to 1, the SPS referred to by a CLVS with a particular        nuh_layer_id value nuhLayerId may have nuh_layer_id equal to        nuhLayerId.        The value of sps_video_parameter_set_id may be the same in all        SPSs that are referred to by CLVSs in a CVS.        sps_max_sublayers_minus1 plus 1 specifies the maximum number of        temporal sublayers that may be present in each CLVS referring to        the SPS. The value of sps_max_sublayers_minus1 may be in the        range of 0 to vps_max_sublayers_minus1, inclusive.        sps_reserved_zero_4bits may be equal to 0 in bitstreams        conforming to this version of this Specification. Other values        for sps_reserved_zero_4bits are reserved for future use by        ITU-T|ISO/IEC.        sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that a        profile_tier_level( ) syntax structure and a dpb_parameters( )        syntax structure are present in the SPS, and a        general_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structure and an        ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structure may also be present in        the SPS. sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag equal to 0        specifies that none of these four syntax structures is present        in the SPS. The value of sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag may        be equal to        vps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id]].        gdr_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that GDR pictures may be        present in CLVSs referring to the SPS. gdr_enabled_flag equal to        0 specifies that GDR pictures are not present in CLVSs referring        to the SPS.        chroma_format_idc specifies the chroma sampling relative to the        luma sampling as specified in clause 6.2.        separate_colour_plane_flag equal to 1 specifies that the three        colour components of the 4:4:4 chroma format are coded        separately. separate_colour_plane_flag equal to 0 specifies that        the colour components are not coded separately. When        separate_colour_plane_flag is not present, it is inferred to be        equal to 0. When separate_colour_plane_flag is equal to 1, the        coded picture consists of three separate components, each of        which consists of coded samples of one colour plane (Y, Cb, or        Cr) and uses the monochrome coding syntax. In this case, each        colour plane is associated with a specific colour_plane_id        value.    -   NOTE 1—There is no dependency in decoding processes between the        colour planes having different colour_plane_id values. For        example, the decoding process of a monochrome picture with one        value of colour_plane_id does not use any data from monochrome        pictures having different values of colour_plane_id for inter        prediction.        Depending on the value of separate colour_plane_flag, the value        of the variable ChromaArrayType is assigned as follows:    -   If separate_colour_plane_flag is equal to 0, ChromaArrayType is        set equal to chroma_format_idc.    -   Otherwise (separate_colour_plane_flag is equal to 1),        ChromaArrayType is set equal to 0.        res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag equal to 1 specifies that the        picture spatial resolution may change within a CLVS referring to        the SPS. res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag equal to 0 specifies        that the picture spatial resolution does not change within any        CLVS referring to the SPS.        pic_width_max_in_luma_samples specifies the maximum width, in        units of luma samples, of each decoded picture referring to the        SPS. pic_width_max_in_luma_samples may not be equal to 0 and may        be an integer multiple of Max(8, MinCbSizeY).        For bitstream conformance, for any OLS with OLS index i that        contains one or more layers that refers to the SPS, the value of        pic_width_max_in_luma_samples may be less than or equal to the        value of ols_dpb_pic_width[i].        pic_height_max_in_luma samples specifies the maximum height, in        units of luma samples, of each decoded picture referring to the        SPS. pic_height_max_in_luma_samples may not be equal to 0 and        may be an integer multiple of Max(8, MinCbSizeY).        For bitstream conformance, for any OLS with OLS index i that        contains one or more layers that refers to the SPS, the value of        pic_height_max_in_luma_samples may be less than or equal to the        value of ols_dpb_pic_height[i].        sps_conformance_window_flag equal to 1 indicates that the        conformance cropping window offset parameters follow next in the        SPS. sps_conformance_window_flag equal to 0 indicates that the        conformance cropping window offset parameters are not present in        the SPS. sps_conf_win_left_offset, sps_conf_win_right offset,        sps_conf_win_top_offset, and sps_conf_win_bottom_offset specify        the cropping window that is applied to pictures with        pic_width_in_luma_samples equal to pic_width_max_in_luma_samples        and pic_height_in_luma_samples equal to        pic_height_max_in_luma_samples. When sps_conformance_window_flag        is equal to 0, the values of sps_conf_win_left_offset,        sps_conf_win_right_offset, sps_conf_win_top_offset, and        sps_conf_win_bottom_offset are inferred to be equal to 0.        The conformance cropping window contains the luma samples with        horizontal picture coordinates from        SubWidthC*sps_conf_win_left_offset to        pic_width_max_in_luma_samples−(SubWidthC*sps_conf_win_right_offset+1)        and vertical picture coordinates from        SubHeightC*sps_conf_win_top_offset to        pic_height_max_in_luma_samples−(SubHeightC*sps_conf_win_bottom_offset+1),        inclusive.        The value of        SubWidthC*(sps_conf_win_left_offset+sps_conf_win_right_offset)        may be less than pic_width_max_in_luma_samples, and the value of        SubHeightC*(sps_conf_win_top_offset+sps_conf_win_bottom_offset)        may be less than pic_height_max_in_luma_samples.        When ChromaArrayType is not equal to 0, the corresponding        specified samples of the two chroma arrays are the samples        having picture coordinates (x/SubWidthC, y/SubHeightC), where        (x, y) are the picture coordinates of the specified luma        samples.    -   NOTE 2—The conformance cropping window offset parameters are        only applied at the output. All internal decoding processes are        applied to the uncropped picture size.        sps_log_2_ctu_size_minus5 plus 5 specifies the luma coding tree        block size of each CTU. The value of sps_log_2_ctu_size_minus5        may be in the range of 0 to 2, inclusive. The value 3 for        sps_log_2_ctu_size_minus5 is reserved for future use by        ITU-T|ISO/IEC.        The variables CtbLog2SizeY and CtbSizeY are derived as follows:

CtbLog2SizeY = sps_log2_ctu_size_minus5 + 5 (43) CtbSizeY = 1 <<CtbLog2SizeY (44)subpic_info_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that subpictureinformation is present for the CLVS and there may be one or more thanone subpicture in each picture of the CLVS. subpic_info_present_flagequal to 0 specifies that subpicture information is not present for theCLVS and there is only one subpicture in each picture of the CLVS.When res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag is equal to 1, the value ofsubpic_info_present_flag may be equal to 0.

-   -   NOTE 3—When a bitstream is the result of a sub-bitstream        extraction process and contains only a subset of the subpictures        of the input bitstream to the sub-bitstream extraction process,        it might be required to set the value of        subpic_info_present_flag equal to 1 in the RBSP of the SPSs.        sps_num_subpics_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number of        subpictures in each picture in the CLVS. The value of        sps_num_subpics_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to        Ceil(pic_width_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY)*Ceil(pic_height_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY)−1,        inclusive. When not present, the value of sps_num_subpics_minus1        is inferred to be equal to 0.        sps_independent_subpics_flag equal to 1 specifies that no intra        prediction, no inter prediction and no in-loop filtering        operations may be performed across any subpicture boundary in        the CLVS. sps_independent_subpics_flag equal to 0 specifies that        inter prediction or in-loop filtering operations across the        subpicture boundaries in the CLVS may be allowed. When not        present, the value of sps_independent_subpics_flag is inferred        to be equal to 0.        subpic_ctu_top_left_x[i] specifies horizontal position of top        left CTU of i-th subpicture in unit of CtbSizeY. The length of        the syntax element is        Ceil(Log2((pic_width_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY−1)>>CtbLog2SizeY))        bits. When not present, the value of subpic_ctu_top_left_x[i] is        inferred to be equal to 0.        subpic_ctu_top_left_y[i] specifies vertical position of top left        CTU of i-th subpicture in unit of CtbSizeY. The length of the        syntax element is        Ceil(Log2((pic_height_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY−1)>>CtbLog2SizeY))        bits.        When not present, the value of subpic_ctu_top_left_y[i] is        inferred to be equal to 0.        subpic_width_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the width of the i-th        subpicture in units of CtbSizeY. The length of the syntax        element is        Ceil(Log2((pic_width_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY−1)>>CtbLog2SizeY))        bits. When not present, the value of subpic_width_minus1[i] is        inferred to be equal to        ((pic_width_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY−1)>>CtbLog2SizeY)−subpic_ctu_top_left_x[i]−1.        subpic_height_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the height of the i-th        subpicture in units of CtbSizeY. The length of the syntax        element is        Ceil(Log2((pic_height_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY−1)>>CtbLog2SizeY))        bits. When not present, the value of subpic_height_minus1[i] is        inferred to be equal to        ((pic_height_max_in_luma_samples+CtbSizeY−1)>>CtbLog2SizeY)−subpic_ctu_top_left_y[i]−1.        subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[i] equal to 1 specifies that the i-th        subpicture of each coded picture in the CLVS is treated as a        picture in the decoding process excluding in-loop filtering        operations. subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[i] equal to 0 specifies        that the i-th subpicture of each coded picture in the CLVS is        not treated as a picture in the decoding process excluding        in-loop filtering operations. When not present, the value of        subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[i] is inferred to be equal to        sps_independent_subpics_flag.        When subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[i] is equal to 1, for bitstream        conformance, all of the following conditions are true for each        output layer and its reference layers in an OLS that includes        the layer containing the i-th subpicture as an output layer:    -   All pictures in the output layer and its reference layers may        have the same value of pic_width_in_luma_samples and the same        value of pic_height_in_luma_samples.    -   All the SPSs referred to by the output layer and its reference        layers may have the same value of sps_num_subpics_minus1 and may        have the same values of subpic_ctu_top_left_x[j],        subpic_ctu_top_left_y[j], subpic_width_minus1[j],        subpic_height_minus1[j], and        loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag[j], respectively, for        each value of j in the range of 0 to sps_num_subpics_minus1,        inclusive.    -   All pictures in each access unit in the output layer and its        reference layers may have the same value of SubpicIdVal[j] for        each value of j in the range of 0 to sps_num_subpics_minus1,        inclusive.        loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag[i] equal to 1 specifies        that in-loop filtering operations may be performed across the        boundaries of the i-th subpicture in each coded picture in the        CLVS. loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag[i] equal to 0        specifies that in-loop filtering operations are not performed        across the boundaries of the i-th subpicture in each coded        picture in the CLVS. When not present, the value of        loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_pic_flag[i] is inferred to be        equal to 1−sps_independent_subpics_flag.        For bitstream conformance, the shapes of the subpictures may be        such that each subpicture, when decoded, may have its entire        left boundary and entire top boundary consisting of picture        boundaries or consisting of boundaries of previously decoded        subpictures.        sps_subpic_id_len_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number of bits        used to represent the syntax element sps_subpic_id[i], the        syntax elements pps_subpic_id[i], when present, and the syntax        element slice_subpic_id, when present. The value of        sps_subpic_id_len_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to 15,        inclusive. The value of 1<<(sps_subpic_id_len_minus1+1) may be        greater than or equal to sps_num_subpics_minus1+1.        subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag equal to 1 specifies        that the subpicture ID mapping is explicitly signalled, either        in the SPS or in the PPSs referred to by coded pictures of the        CLVS. subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag equal to 0        specifies that the subpicture ID mapping is not explicitly        signalled for the CLVS. When not present, the value of        subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag is inferred to be        equal to 0.        subpic_id_mapping_in_sps_flag equal to 1 specifies that the        subpicture ID mapping is signalled in the SPS when        subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag is equal to 1.        subpic_id_mapping_in_sps_flag equal to 0 specifies that        subpicture ID mapping is signalled in the PPSs referred to by        coded pictures of the CLVS when        subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag is equal to 1.        sps_subpic_id[i] specifies the subpicture ID of the i-th        subpicture. The length of the sps_subpic_id[i] syntax element is        sps_subpic_id_len_minus1+1 bits.        bit_depth_minus8 specifies the bit depth of the samples of the        luma and chroma arrays, BitDepth, and the value of the luma and        chroma quantization parameter range offset, QpBdOffset, as        follows:

BitDepth = 8 + bit_depth_minus8  (45) QpBdOffset = 6 * bit_depth_minus8(46)bit_depth_minus8 may be in the range of 0 to 8, inclusive.sps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that aspecific synchronization process for context variables is invoked beforedecoding the CTU that includes the first CTB of a row of CTBs in eachtile in each picture referring to the SPS, and a specific storageprocess for context variables is invoked after decoding the CTU thatincludes the first CTB of a row of CTBs in each tile in each picturereferring to the SPS. sps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies that no specific synchronization process for context variablesmay be required to be invoked before decoding the CTU that includes thefirst CTB of a row of CTBs in each tile in each picture referring to theSPS, and no specific storage process for context variables may berequired to be invoked after decoding the CTU that includes the firstCTB of a row of CTBs in each tile in each picture referring to the SPS.sps_wpp_entry_point_offsets_present_flag equal to 1 specifies thatsignalling for entry point offsets for CTU rows may be present in theslice headers of pictures referring to the SPS whensps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag is equal to 1.sps_wpp_entry_point_offsets_present_flag equal to 0 specifies thatsignalling for entry point offsets for CTU rows are not present in theslice headers of pictures referring to the SPS. When not present, thevalue of sps_wpp_entry_point_offsets_present_flag is inferred to beequal to 0.sps_weighted_pred_flag equal to 1 specifies that weighted prediction maybe applied to P slices referring to the SPS. sps_weighted_pred_flagequal to 0 specifies that weighted prediction is not applied to P slicesreferring to the SPS.sps_weighted_bipred_flag equal to 1 specifies that explicit weightedprediction may be applied to B slices referring to the SPS.sps_weighted_bipred_flag equal to 0 specifies that explicit weightedprediction is not applied to B slices referring to the SPS.log_2_max_pic_order_cnt_lsb_minus4 specifies the value of the variableMaxPicOrderCntLsb that is used in the decoding process for picture ordercount as follows:

MaxPicOrderCntLsb=2^((log)2_max_pic_order_cnt_lsb_minus4+4)  (47)

The value of log_2_max_pic_order_cnt_lsb_minus4 may be in the range of 0to 12, inclusive.sps_poc_msb_flag equal to 1 specifies that the ph_poc_msb_present_flagsyntax element is present in PHs referring to the SPS. sps_poc_msb_flagequal to 0 specifies that the ph_poc_msb_present_flag syntax element isnot present in PHs referring to the SPS.poc_msb_len_minus1 plus 1 specifies the length, in bits, of thepoc_msb_val syntax elements, when present in the PHs referring to theSPS. The value of poc_msb_len_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to32−log_2_max_pic_order_cnt_lsb_minus4−5, inclusive.num_extra_ph_bits_bytes specifies the number of bytes of extra bits inthe PH syntax structure for coded pictures referring to the SPS. Thevalue of num_extra_ph_bits_bytes may be equal to 0 in bitstreamsconforming to this version of this Specification. Although the value ofnum_extra_ph_bits_bytes may be required to be equal to 0 in this versionof this Specification, decoder conforming to this version of thisSpecification may allow the value of num_extra_ph_bits_bytes equal to 1or 2 to appear in the syntax.num_extra_sh_bits_bytes specifies the number of bytes of extra bits inthe slice headers for coded pictures referring to the SPS. The value ofnum_extra_sh_bits_bytes may be equal to 0 in bitstreams conforming tothis version of this Specification. Although the value ofnum_extra_sh_bits_bytes may be required to be equal to 0 in this versionof this Specification, decoder conforming to this version of thisSpecification may allow the value of num_extra_sh_bits_bytes equal to 1or 2 to appear in the syntax.sps_sublayer_dpb_params_flag is used to control the presence ofmax_dec_pic_buffering_minus1[i], max_num_reorder_pics[i], andmax_latency_increase_plus1[i] syntax elements in the dpb_parameters( )syntax structure in the SPS. When not present, the value ofsps_sub_dpb_params_info_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.long_term_ref_pics_flag equal to 0 specifies that no LTRP is used forinter prediction of any coded picture in the CLVS.long_term_ref_pics_flag equal to 1 specifies that LTRPs may be used forinter prediction of one or more coded pictures in the CLVS.inter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that no ILRP isused for inter prediction of any coded picture in the CLVS.inter_layer_ref_pic_flag equal to 1 specifies that ILRPs may be used forinter prediction of one or more coded pictures in the CLVS. Whensps_video_parameter_set_id is equal to 0, the value ofinter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0. Whenvps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id]] is equal to 1,the value of inter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag may be equal to 0.sps_idr_rpl_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that reference picturelist syntax elements are present in slice headers of IDR pictures.sps_idr_rpl_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that reference picturelist syntax elements are not present in slice headers of IDR pictures.rpl1_same_as_rpl0_flag equal to 1 specifies that the syntax elementnum_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[1] and the syntax structureref_pic_list_struct(1, rplsIdx) are not present and the followingapplies:

-   -   The value of num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[1] is inferred to be equal        to the value of num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[0].    -   The value of each of syntax elements in ref_pic_list_struct(1,        rplsIdx) is inferred to be equal to the value of corresponding        syntax element in ref_pic_list_struct(0, rplsIdx) for rplsIdx        ranging from 0 to num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[0]−1.        num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[i] specifies the number of the        ref_pic_list_struct(listIdx, rplsIdx) syntax structures with        listIdx equal to i included in the SPS. The value of        num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[i] may be in the range of 0 to 64,        inclusive.    -   NOTE 4—For each value of listIdx (equal to 0 or 1), a decoder        should allocate memory for a total number of        num_ref_pic_lists_in_sps[i]+1 ref_pic_list_struct(listIdx,        rplsIdx) syntax structures since there may be one        ref_pic_list_struct(listIdx, rplsIdx) syntax structure directly        signalled in the slice headers of a current picture.        qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag equal to 1 specifies that, for I        slices, each CTU is split into coding units with 64×64 luma        samples using an implicit quadtree split, and these coding units        are the root of two separate coding_tree syntax structure for        luma and chroma. qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag equal to 0 specifies        separate coding_tree syntax structure is not used for I slices.        When qtbtt_dual_tree_intra_flag is not present, it is inferred        to be equal to 0.        log2_min_luma_coding_block_size_minus2 plus 2 specifies the        minimum luma coding block size. The value range of        log2_min_luma_coding_block_size_minus2 may be in the range of 0        to Min(4, sps_log2_ctu_size_minus5+3), inclusive.        The variables MinCbLog2SizeY, MinCbSizeY, IbcBufWidthY,        IbcBufWidthC and Vsize are derived as follows:

MinCbLog2SizeY = (48) log2_min_luma_coding_block_size_minus2 + 2MinCbSizeY = 1 << MinCbLogZSizeY  (49) IbcBufWidthY = 256 * 128 /CtbSizeY   (50) IbcBufWidthC = IbcBufWidthY / SubWidthC (51) VSize =Min( 64, CtbSizeY ) (52)The value of MinCbSizeY may be less than or equal to VSize.The variables CtbWidthC and CtbHeightC, which specify the width andheight, respectively, of the array for each chroma CTB, are derived asfollows:

-   -   If chroma_format_idc is equal to 0 (monochrome) or        separate_colour_plane_flag is equal to 1, CtbWidthC and        CtbHeightC are both equal to 0.    -   Otherwise, CtbWidthC and CtbHeightC are derived as follows:

CtbWidthC = CtbSizeY / SubWidthC  (53) CtbHeightC = CtbSizeY /SubHeightC  (54)For log2BlockWidth ranging from 0 to 4 and for log2BlockHeight rangingfrom 0 to 4, inclusive, the up-right diagonal scan order arrayinitialization process as specified in clause 6.5.2 is invoked with1<<log2BlockWidth and 1<<log2BlockHeight as inputs, and the output isassigned to DiagScanOrder[log2BlockWidth][log2BlockHeight].For log2BlockWidth ranging from 0 to 6 and for log2BlockHeight rangingfrom 0 to 6, inclusive, the horizontal and vertical traverse scan orderarray initialization process as specified in clause 6.5.3 is invokedwith 1<<log2BlockWidth and 1<<log2BlockHeight as inputs, and the outputis assigned to HorTravScanOrder[log2BlockWidth][log2BlockHeight] andVerTravScanOrder[log2BlockWidth][log2BlockHeight].partition_constraints_override_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies thepresence of partition_constraints_override_flag in PHs referring to theSPS. partition_constraints_override_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifiesthe absence of partition_constraints_override_flag in PHs referring tothe SPS.sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma specifies the defaultdifference between the base 2 logarithm of the minimum size in lumasamples of a luma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTUand the base 2 logarithm of the minimum coding block size in lumasamples for luma CUs in slices with slice_type equal to 2 (I) referringto the SPS. When partition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to1, the default difference can be overridden byph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_luma present in PHs referring to the SPS. Thevalue of sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma may be in therange of 0 to CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY, inclusive. The base 2logarithm of the minimum size in luma samples of a luma leaf blockresulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU is derived as follows:

MinQtLog2SizeIntraY = sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma +MinCbLog2SizeY (55)sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma specifies the defaultmaximum hierarchy depth for coding units resulting from multi-type treesplitting of a quadtree leaf in slices with slice_type equal to 2 (I)referring to the SPS. When partition_constraints_override_enabled_flagis equal to 1, the default maximum hierarchy depth can be overridden byph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma present in PHs referring tothe SPS. The value of sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma maybe in the range of 0 to 2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY), inclusive.sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma specifies the defaultdifference between the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width orheight) in luma samples of a luma coding block that can be split using abinary split and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of aluma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in sliceswith slice_type equal to 2 (I) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultdifference can be overridden by ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_luma presentin PHs referring to the SPS. The value ofsps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraY, inclusive. Whensps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma is not present, the valueof sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma is inferred to be equalto 0.sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma specifies the defaultdifference between the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width orheight) in luma samples of a luma coding block that can be split using aternary split and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples ofa luma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in sliceswith slice_type equal to 2 (I) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultdifference can be overridden by ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_luma presentin PHs referring to the SPS. The value ofsps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraY, inclusive. Whensps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma is not present, the valueof sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma is inferred to be equalto 0.sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice specifies the default differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the minimum size in luma samples of aluma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU and the base2 logarithm of the minimum luma coding block size in luma samples forluma CUs in slices with slice_type equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P) referring tothe SPS. When partition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1,the default difference can be overridden byph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_luma present in PHs referring to the SPS. Thevalue of sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice may be in the range of0 to CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY, inclusive. The base 2 logarithm of theminimum size in luma samples of a luma leaf block resulting fromquadtree splitting of a CTU is derived as follows:

MinQtLog2SizeInterY=sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice+MinCbLog2SizeY  (56)

sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice specifies the default maximumhierarchy depth for coding units resulting from multi-type treesplitting of a quadtree leaf in slices with slice_type equal to 0 (B) or1 (P) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultmaximum hierarchy depth can be overridden byph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice present in PHs referring to theSPS. The value of sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice may be in therange of 0 to 2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY), inclusive.sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice specifies the default differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) inluma samples of a luma coding block that can be split using a binarysplit and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a lumaleaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in slices withslice_type equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultdifference can be overridden by ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_luma presentin PHs referring to the SPS. The value ofsps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeInterY, inclusive. Whensps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice is not present, the value ofsps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice specifies the default differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) inluma samples of a luma coding block that can be split using a ternarysplit and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a lumaleaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in slices withslice_type equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultdifference can be overridden by ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_luma presentin PHs referring to the SPS. The value ofsps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeInterY, inclusive. Whensps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice is not present, the value ofsps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma specifies the defaultdifference between the base 2 logarithm of the minimum size in lumasamples of a chroma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of achroma CTU with treeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA and the base 2logarithm of the minimum coding block size in luma samples for chromaCUs with treeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice_typeequal to 2 (1) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultdifference can be overridden by ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_chromapresent in PHs referring to the SPS. The value ofsps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma may be in the range of 0to CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY, inclusive. When not present, the valueof sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma is inferred to beequal to 0. The base 2 logarithm of the minimum size in luma samples ofa chroma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU withtreeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA is derived as follows:

MinQtLog2SizeIntraC = sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma +MinCbLog2SizeY (57)sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma specifies the defaultmaximum hierarchy depth for chroma coding units resulting frommulti-type tree splitting of a chroma quadtree leaf with treeType equalto DUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice type equal to 2 (I) referringto the SPS. When partition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to1, the default maximum hierarchy depth can be overridden byph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_chroma present in PHs referring to the SPS.The value of sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma may be inthe range of 0 to 2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY), inclusive. When notpresent, the value of sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma isinferred to be equal to 0.sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma specifies the defaultdifference between the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width orheight) in luma samples of a chroma coding block that can be split usinga binary split and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples ofa chroma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a chroma CTUwith treeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice_type equalto 2 (I) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultdifference can be overridden by ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_chromapresent in PHs referring to the SPS. The value ofsps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma may be in the range of 0to CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraC, inclusive. Whensps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma is not present, the valueof sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma is inferred to beequal to 0.sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma specifies the defaultdifference between the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width orheight) in luma samples of a chroma coding block that can be split usinga ternary split and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samplesof a chroma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a chroma CTUwith treeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice_type equalto 2 (I) referring to the SPS. Whenpartition_constraints_override_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the defaultdifference can be overridden by ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_chromapresent in PHs referring to the SPS. The value ofsps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma may be in the range of 0to CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraC, inclusive. Whensps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma is not present, the valueof sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma is inferred to beequal to 0.sps_max_luma_transform_size_64_flag equal to 1 specifies that themaximum transform size in luma samples is equal to 64.sps_max_luma_transform_size_64_flag equal to 0 specifies that themaximum transform size in luma samples is equal to 32.When CtbSizeY is less than 64, the value ofsps_max_luma_transform_size_64_flag may be equal to 0.The variables MinTbLog2SizeY, MaxTbLog2SizeY, MinTbSizeY, and MaxTbSizeYare derived as follows:

MinTbLog2SizeY = 2 (58) MaxTbLog2SizeY = (59)sps_max_luma_transform_size_64_flag ? 6 : 5 MinTtSizeY = 1 <<MinTbLog2SizeY  (60) MaxTbSizeY = 1 << MaxTbLog2SizeY  (61)sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that the joint codingof chroma residuals is disabled. sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag equal to 1specifies that the joint coding of chroma residuals is enabled. When notpresent, the value of sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag is inferred to beequal to 0.same_qp_table_for_chroma equal to 1 specifies that only one chroma QPmapping table is signalled and this table applies to Cb and Cr residualsand additionally to joint Cb-Cr residuals whensps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag is equal to 1. same_qp_table_for_chromaequal to 0 specifies that chroma QP mapping tables, two for Cb and Cr,and one additional for joint Cb-Cr when sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag isequal to 1, are signalled in the SPS. When same_qp_table_for_chroma isnot present in the bitstream, the value of same_qp_table_for_chroma isinferred to be equal to 1.qp_table_start_minus26[i] plus 26 specifies the starting luma and chromaQP used to describe the i-th chroma QP mapping table. The value ofqp_table_start_minus26[i] may be in the range of −26−QpBdOffset to 36inclusive. When qp_table_start_minus26[i] is not present in thebitstream, the value of qp_table_start_minus26[i] is inferred to beequal to 0.num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the number of pointsused to describe the i-th chroma QP mapping table. The value ofnum_points_in_qp_table_minus1[i] may be in the range of 0 to63+QpBdOffset, inclusive. When num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[0] is notpresent in the bitstream, the value of num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[0]is inferred to be equal to 0.delta_qp_in_val_minus1[i][j] specifies a delta value used to derive theinput coordinate of the j-th pivot point of the i-th chroma QP mappingtable. When delta_qp_in_val_minus1[0][j] is not present in thebitstream, the value of delta_qp_in_val_minus1[0][j] is inferred to beequal to 0.delta_qp_diff_val[i][j] specifies a delta value used to derive theoutput coordinate of the j-th pivot point of the i-th chroma QP mappingtable.The i-th chroma QP mapping table ChromaQpTable[i] for i=0 . . .numQpTables−1 is derived as follows:

 qpInVal[ i ][ 0 ] = qp_table_start_minus26[ i ] + 26  qpOutVal[ i ][ 0] = qpInVal[ i ][ 0 ]  for( j = 0; j <= num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[ i]; j++ ) {   qpInVal[ i ][ j + 1 ] = qpInVal[ i ][ j ] + delta_qp_in_val_minus1[ i ][ j ] + 1   qpOutVal[ i ][ j + 1 ] =qpOutVal[ i ][ j ] +  ( delta_qp_in_val_minus1[ i ][ j ] {circumflexover ( )} delta_qp_diff_val[ i ][ j ] )  }  ChromaQpTable[ i ][ qpInVal[i ][ 0 ] ] = qpOutVal[ i ][ 0 ]  for( k = qpInVal[ i ][ 0 ] − 1; k >=−QpBdOffset, k − − )   ChromaQpTable[ i ][ k ] = Clip3( −QpBdOffset, 63, ChromaQpTable[ i ][ k + 1 ] − 1) (62)  for( j = 0; j <=num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) {   sh = (delta_qp_in_val_minus1[ i ][j ] + 1 ) >> 1   for( k = qpInVal[ i ][ j] + 1, m = 1; k <= qpInval[ i ][ j + 1 ]; k++,   m++ )    ChromaQpTable[i ][ k ] = ChromaQpTable[ i ][ qpInVal[ i ][   j ] ] + ( ( qpOutVal[ i][j + 1] − qpOutVal[ i ][j ] ) * m + sh ) /  ( delta_qp_in_val_minus1[ i][j] + 1 )  }  for( k = qpInVal[ i ][ num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[ i] + 1 ] +  1; k <= 63, k++ )   ChromaQpTable[ i ][ k ] = Clip3(−QpBdOffset, 63,  ChromaQpTable[ i ][ k − 1 ] + 1 ) Whensame_qp_table_for_chroma is equal to 1, ChromaQpTable[ 1 ][ k ] andChromaQpTable[ 2 ][ k ] are set equal to ChromaQpTable[ 0 ][ k ] for kin the range of −QpBdOffset to 63, inclusive.For bitstream conformance, the values of qpInVal[i][j] andqpOutVal[i][j] may be in the range of −QpBdOffset to 63, inclusive for iin the range of 0 to numQpTables−1, inclusive, and j in the range of 0to num_points_in_qp_table_minus1[i]+1, inclusive.sps_sao_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that the sample adaptiveoffset process is applied to the reconstructed picture after thedeblocking filter process. sps_sao_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifiesthat the sample adaptive offset process is not applied to thereconstructed picture after the deblocking filter process.sps_alf_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that the adaptive loop filteris disabled. sps_alf_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that the adaptiveloop filter is enabled.sps_ccalf_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that the cross-componentadaptive loop filter is disabled. sps_ccalf_enabled_flag equal to 1specifies that the cross-component adaptive loop filter may be enabled.sps_transform_skip_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies thattransform_skip_flag may be present in the transform unit syntax.sps_transform_skip_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies thattransform_skip_flag is not present in the transform unit syntax.log2_transform_skip_max_size_minus2 specifies the maximum block sizeused for transform skip, and may be in the range of 0 to 3, inclusive.The variable MaxTsSize is set equal to1<<(log2_transform_skip_max_size_minus2+2).sps_bdpcm_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that intra_bdpcm_luma_flagand intra_bdpcm_chroma_flag may be present in the coding unit syntax forintra coding units. sps_bdpcm_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies thatintra_bdpcm_luma_flag and intra_bdpcm_chroma_flag are not present in thecoding unit syntax for intra coding units. When not present, the valueof sps_bdpcm_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that horizontalwrap-around motion compensation is applied in inter prediction.sps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that horizontalwrap-around motion compensation is not applied. When the value of(CtbSizeY/MinCbSizeY+1) is greater than(pic_width_in_luma_samples/MinCbSizeY−1), wherepic_width_in_luma_samples is the value of pic_width_in_luma_samples inany PPS that refers to the SPS, the value ofsps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag may be equal to 0.sps_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that temporal motionvector predictors may be used in the CLVS. sps_temporal_mvp_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that temporal motion vector predictors are not usedin the CLVS.sps_sbtmvp_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that subblock-basedtemporal motion vector predictors may be used in decoding of pictureswith all slices having slice_type not equal to I in the CLVS.sps_sbtmvp_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that subblock-basedtemporal motion vector predictors are not used in the CLVS. Whensps_sbtmvp_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_amvr_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that adaptive motion vectordifference resolution is used in motion vector coding. amvr_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that adaptive motion vector difference resolutionis not used in motion vector coding.sps_bdof_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that the bi-directionaloptical flow inter prediction is disabled. sps_bdof_enabled_flag equalto 1 specifies that the bi-directional optical flow inter prediction isenabled.sps_bdof_pic_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that ph_disable_bdof_flagis present in PHs referring to the SPS. sps_bdof_pic_present_flag equalto 0 specifies that ph_disable_bdof_flag is not present in PHs referringto the SPS. When sps_bdof_pic_present_flag is not present, the value ofsps_bdof_pic_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_smvd_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that symmetric motion vectordifference may be used in motion vector decoding. sps_smvd_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that symmetric motion vector difference is not usedin motion vector coding.sps_dmvr_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that decoder motion vectorrefinement based inter bi-prediction is enabled. sps_dmvr_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that decoder motion vector refinement based interbi-prediction is disabled.sps_dmvr_pic_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that ph_disable_dmvr_flagis present in PHs referring to the SPS. sps_dmvr_pic_present_flag equalto 0 specifies that ph_disable_dmvr_flag is not present in PHs referringto the SPS. When sps_dmvr_pic_present_flag is not present, the value ofsps_dmvr_pic_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_mmvd_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that merge mode with motionvector difference is enabled. sps_mmvd_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifiesthat merge mode with motion vector difference is disabled.sps_isp_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that intra prediction withsubpartitions is enabled. sps_isp_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies thatintra prediction with subpartitions is disabled.sps_mrl_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that intra prediction withmultiple reference lines is enabled. sps_mrl_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies that intra prediction with multiple reference lines isdisabled.sps_mip_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that matrix-based intraprediction is enabled. sps_mip_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies thatmatrix-based intra prediction is disabled. sps_cclm_enabled_flag equalto 0 specifies that the cross-component linear model intra predictionfrom luma component to chroma component is disabled.sps_cclm_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that the cross-componentlinear model intra prediction from luma component to chroma component isenabled. When sps_cclm_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred to beequal to 0.sps_chroma_horizontal_collocated_flag equal to 1 specifies thatprediction processes operate in a manner designed for chroma samplepositions that are not horizontally shifted relative to correspondingluma sample positions. sps_chroma_horizontal_collocated_flag equal to 0specifies that prediction processes operate in a manner designed forchroma sample positions that are shifted to the right by 0.5 in units ofluma samples relative to corresponding luma sample positions. Whensps_chroma_horizontal_collocated_flag is not present, it is inferred tobe equal to 1.sps_chroma_vertical_collocated_flag equal to 1 specifies that predictionprocesses operate in a manner designed for chroma sample positions thatare not vertically shifted relative to corresponding luma samplepositions. sps_chroma_vertical_collocated_flag equal to 0 specifies thatprediction processes operate in a manner designed for chroma samplepositions that are shifted downward by 0.5 in units of luma samplesrelative to corresponding luma sample positions. Whensps_chroma_vertical_collocated_flag is not present, it is inferred to beequal to 1.sps_mts_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies thatsps_explicit_mts_intra_enabled_flag is present in the sequence parameterset RBSP syntax and sps_explicit_mts_inter_enabled_flag is present inthe sequence parameter set RBSP syntax. sps_mts_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies that sps_explicit_mts_intra_enabled_flag is not present in thesequence parameter set RBSP syntax andsps_explicit_mts_inter_enabled_flag is not present in the sequenceparameter set RBSP syntax.sps_explicit_mts_intra_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that mts_idxmay be present in intra coding unit syntax.sps_explicit_mts_intra_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that mts_idx isnot present in intra coding unit syntax. When not present, the value ofsps_explicit_mts_intra_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_explicit_mts_inter_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that mts_idxmay be present in inter coding unit syntax.sps_explicit_mts_inter_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that mts_idx isnot present in inter coding unit syntax. When not present, the value ofsps_explicit_mts_inter_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.six_minus_max_num_merge_cand specifies the maximum number of mergingmotion vector prediction (MVP) candidates supported in the SPSsubtracted from 6. The maximum number of merging MVP candidates,MaxNumMergeCand, is derived as follows:

MaxNumMergeCand=6−six_minus_max_num_merge_cand  (63)

The value of MaxNumMergeCand may be in the range of 1 to 6, inclusive.sps_sbt_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that subblock transform forinter-predicted CUs is disabled. sps_sbt_enabled_flag equal to 1specifies that subblock transform for inter-predicted CU is enabled.sps_affine_enabled_flag specifies whether affine model based motioncompensation can be used for inter prediction. Ifsps_affine_enabled_flag is equal to 0, the syntax may be constrainedsuch that no affine model based motion compensation is used in the CLVS,and inter_affine_flag and cu_affine_type_flag are not present in codingunit syntax of the CLVS. Otherwise (sps_affine_enabled_flag is equal to1), affine model based motion compensation can be used in the CLVS.five_minus_max_num_subblock_merge_cand specifies the maximum number ofsubblock-based merging motion vector prediction candidates supported inthe SPS subtracted from 5.sps_affine_type_flag specifies whether 6-parameter affine model basedmotion compensation can be used for inter prediction. Ifsps_affine_type_flag is equal to 0, the syntax may be constrained suchthat no 6-parameter affine model based motion compensation is used inthe CLVS, and cu_affine_type_flag is not present in coding unit syntaxin the CLVS. Otherwise (sps_affine_type_flag is equal to 1), 6-parameteraffine model based motion compensation can be used in the CLVS. When notpresent, the value of sps_affine_type_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_afine_amvr_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that adaptive motionvector difference resolution is used in motion vector coding of affineinter mode. sps_affine_amvr_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies thatadaptive motion vector difference resolution is not used in motionvector coding of affine inter mode. When not present, the value ofsps_affine_amvr_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_affine_prof_enabled_flag specifies whether the prediction refinementwith optical flow can be used for affine motion compensation. Ifsps_affine_prof_enabled_flag is equal to 0, the affine motioncompensation may not be refined with optical flow. Otherwise(sps_affine_prof_enabled_flag is equal to 1), the affine motioncompensation can be refined with optical flow. When not present, thevalue of sps_affine_prof_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_prof_pic_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that ph_disable_prof flagis present in PHs referring to the SPS. sps_prof_pic_present_flag equalto 0 specifies that ph_disable_prof flag is not present in PHs referringto the SPS. When sps_prof_pic_present_flag is not present, the value ofsps_prof_pic_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.sps_palette_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that pred_mode_plt_flagmay be present in the coding unit syntax. sps_palette_enabled_flag equalto 0 specifies that pred_mode_plt_flag is not present in the coding unitsyntax. When sps_palette_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred tobe equal to 0.sps_act_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that adaptive colour transformmay be used and the cu_act_enabled_flag may be present in the codingunit syntax. sps_act_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that adaptivecolour transform is not used and cu_act_enabled_flag is not present inthe coding unit syntax. When sps_act_enabled_flag is not present, it isinferred to be equal to 0.min_qp_prime_ts_minus4 specifies the minimum allowed quantizationparameter for transform skip mode as follows:

QpPrimeTsMin=4+min_qp_prime_ts_minus4  (64)

The value of min_qp_prime_ts_minus4 may be in the range of 0 to 48,inclusive.sps_bcw_enabled_flag specifies whether bi-prediction with CU weights canbe used for inter prediction. If sps_bcw_enabled_flag is equal to 0, thesyntax may be constrained such that no bi-prediction with CU weights isused in the CLVS, and bcw_idx is not present in coding unit syntax ofthe CLVS. Otherwise (sps_bcw_enabled_flag is equal to 1), bi-predictionwith CU weights can be used in the CLVS.sps_ibc_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that the IBC prediction modemay be used in decoding of pictures in the CLVS. sps_ibc_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that the IBC prediction mode is not used in theCLVS. When sps_ibc_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred to beequal to 0.six_minus_max_num_ibc_merge_cand specifies the maximum number of IBCmerging block vector prediction (BVP) candidates supported in the SPSsubtracted from 6.The maximum number of IBC merging BVP candidates, MaxNumIbcMergeCand, isderived as follows:

if( sps_ibc_enabled_flag )  MaxNumIbcMergeCand = 6 − (65) six_minus_max_num_ibc_merge_cand else  MaxNumIbcMergeCand = 0sps_ciip_enabled_flag specifies that ciip_flag may be present in thecoding unit syntax for inter coding units. sps_ciip_enabled_flag equalto 0 specifies that ciip_flag is not present in the coding unit syntaxfor inter coding units.sps_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that merge mode withmotion vector difference is using integer sample precision.sps_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that merge mode withmotion vector difference can use fractional sample precision.sps_gpm_enabled_flag specifies whether geometric partition based motioncompensation can be used for inter prediction. sps_gpm_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that the syntax may be constrained such that nogeometric partition based motion compensation is used in the CLVS, andmerge_gpm_partition_idx, merge_gpm_idx0, and merge_gpm_idx1 are notpresent in coding unit syntax of the CLVS. sps_gpm_enabled_flag equal to1 specifies that geometric partition based motion compensation can beused in the CLVS. When not present, the value of sps_gpm_enabled_flag isinferred to be equal to 0.max_num_merge_cand_minus_max_num_gpm_cand specifies the maximum numberof geometric partitioning merge mode candidates supported in the SPSsubtracted from MaxNumMergeCand.If sps_gpm_enabled_flag is equal to 1 and MaxNumMergeCand is greaterthan or equal to 3, the maximum number of geometric partitioning mergemode candidates, MaxNumGeoMergeCand, is derived as follows:

if( sps_gpm_enabled_flag && MaxNumMergeCand >= 3 )  MaxNumGpmMergeCand =MaxNumMergeCand −   max_num_merge_cand_minus_max_num_gpm_cand (66) elseif( sps_gpm_enabled_flag && MaxNumMergeCand = = 2 )  MaxNumMergeCand = 2else  MaxNumGeoMergeCand = 0The value of MaxNumGeoMergeCand may be in the range of 2 toMaxNumMergeCand, inclusive.sps_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that luma mapping with chromascaling is used in the CLVS. sps_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifiesthat luma mapping with chroma scaling is not used in the CLVS.sps_lfnst_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that lfnst_idx may bepresent in intra coding unit syntax. sps_lfnst_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies that lfnst_idx is not present in intra coding unit syntax.sps_ladf_enabled_flag equal to 1, specifies thatsps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2, sps_ladf_lowest_interval_qp_offset,sps_ladf_qp_offset[i], and sps_ladf_delta_threshold_minus1[i] arepresent in the SPS.sps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2 plus 1 specifies the number ofsps_ladf_delta_threshold_minus1[i] and sps_ladf_qp_offset[i] syntaxelements that are present in the SPS. The value ofsps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2 may be in the range of 0 to 3, inclusive.sps_ladf_lowest_interval_qp_offset specifies the offset used to derivethe variable qP as specified in clause 8.8.3.6.1. The value ofsps_ladf_lowest_interval_qp_offset may be in the range of −63 to 63,inclusive.sps_ladf_qp_offset[i] specifies the offset array used to derive thevariable qP as specified in clause 8.8.3.6.1. The value ofsps_ladf_qp_offset[i] may be in the range of −63 to 63, inclusive.sps_ladf_delta_threshold_minus1[i] is used to compute the values ofSpsLadfIntervalLowerBound[i], which specifies the lower bound of thei-th luma intensity level interval. The value ofsps_ladf_delta_threshold_minus1[i] may be in the range of 0 to2^(BitDepth)−3 inclusive.The value of SpsLadfIntervalLowerBound[0] is set equal to 0.For each value of i in the range of 0 to sps_num_ladf_intervals_minus2,inclusive, the variable SpsLadfIntervalLowerBound[i+1] is derived asfollows:

SpsLadfIntervalLowerBound[ i + 1 ] = (67) SpsLadfIntervalLowerBound[ i ] + sps_ladf_delta_threshold_minus1[ i ] + 1log2_parallel_merge_level_minus2 plus 2 specifies the value of thevariable Log2ParMrgLevel, which is used in the derivation process forspatial merging candidates as specified in clause 8.5.2.3, thederivation process for motion vectors and reference indices in subblockmerge mode as specified in clause 8.5.5.2, and to control the invocationof the updating process for the history-based motion vector predictorlist in clause 8.5.2.1. The value of log2_parallel_merge_level_minus2may be in the range of 0 to CtbLog2SizeY−2, inclusive. The variableLog2ParMrgLevel is derived as follows:

Log2ParMrgLevel=log2_parallel_merge_level_minus2+2  (68)

sps_scaling_list_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that a scaling listis used for the scaling process for transform coefficients.sps_scaling_list_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that scaling list isnot used for the scaling process for transform coefficients.sps_dep_quant_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that dependentquantization is disabled for pictures referring to the SPS.sps_dep_quant_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that dependentquantization may be enabled for pictures referring to the SPS.sps_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that sign bithiding is disabled for pictures referring to the SPS.sps_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that sign bithiding may be enabled for pictures referring to the SPS. Whensps_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred to beequal to 0.sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that disablingin-loop filtering across virtual boundaries may be applied in the codedpictures in the CLVS. sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies that disabling in-loop filtering across virtual boundaries isnot applied in the coded pictures in the CLVS. In-loop filteringoperations include the deblocking filter, sample adaptive offset filter,and adaptive loop filter operations.sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag equal to 1 specifies thatinformation of virtual boundaries is signalled in the SPS.sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag equal to 0 specifies thatinformation of virtual boundaries is not signalled in the SPS. Whenthere is one or more than one virtual boundaries signalled in the SPS,the in-loop filtering operations are disabled across the virtualboundaries in pictures referring to the SPS. In-loop filteringoperations include the deblocking filter, sample adaptive offset filter,and adaptive loop filter operations.For bitstream conformance, when the value ofres_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag is equal to 1, the value ofsps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag may be equal to 0.sps_num_ver_virtual_boundaries specifies the number ofsps_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[i] syntax elements that are present in theSPS. When sps_num_ver_virtual_boundaries is not present, it is inferredto be equal to 0.sps_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[i] specifies the location of the i-thvertical virtual boundary in units of luma samples divided by 8. Thevalue of sps_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[i] may be in the range of 1 toCeil(pic_width_in_luma_samples÷8)−1, inclusive.sps_num_hor_virtual_boundaries specifies the number ofsps_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[i] syntax elements that are present in theSPS. When sps_num_hor_virtual_boundaries is not present, it is inferredto be equal to 0.When sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag is equal to 1 andsps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag is equal to 1, the sum ofsps_num_ver_virtual_boundaries and sps_num_hor_virtual_boundaries may begreater than 0.sps_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[i] specifies the location of the i-thhorizontal virtual boundary in units of luma samples divided by 8. Thevalue of sps_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[i] may be in the range of 1 toCeil(pic_height_in_luma_samples÷8)−1, inclusive.sps_general_hrd_params_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that the syntaxstructure general_hrd_parameters( ) is present in the SPS RBSP syntaxstructure.sps_general_hrd_params_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that the syntaxstructure general_hrd_parameters( ) is not present in the SPS RBSPsyntax structure. sps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag equal to 1specifies that the syntax structure old_hrd_parameters( ) in the SPSRBSP includes HRD parameters for sublayer representations withTemporalId in the range of 0 to sps_max_sublayers_minus1, inclusive.sps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that thesyntax structure ols_hrd_parameters( ) in the SPS RBSP includes HRDparameters for the sublayer representation with TemporalId equal tosps_max_sublayers_minus1 only. When sps_max_sublayers_minus1 is equal to0, the value of sps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag is inferred to beequal to 0.When sps_sublayer_cpb_params_present_flag is equal to 0, the HRDparameters for the sublayer representations with TemporalId in the rangeof 0 to sps_max_sublayers_minus1−1, inclusive, are inferred to be thesame as that for the sublayer representation with TemporalId equal tosps_max_sublayers_minus1. These include the HRD parameters starting fromthe fixed_pic_rate_general_flag[i] syntax element till thesublayer_hrd_parameters(i) syntax structure immediately under thecondition “if(general_vcl_hrd_params_present_flag)” in theols_hrd_parameters syntax structure.field_seq_flag equal to 1 indicates that the CLVS conveys pictures thatrepresent fields. field_seq_flag equal to 0 indicates that the CLVSconveys pictures that represent frames. Whengeneral_frame_only_constraint_flag is equal to 1, the value offield_seq_flag may be equal to 0. When field_seq_flag is equal to 1, aframe-field information SEI message may be present for every codedpicture in the CLVS.

-   -   NOTE 5—The specified decoding process does not treat pictures        that represent fields or frames differently. A sequence of        pictures that represent fields would therefore be coded with the        picture dimensions of an individual field. For example, pictures        that represent 1080i fields would commonly have cropped output        dimensions of 1920×540, while the sequence picture rate would        commonly express the rate of the source fields (typically        between 50 and 60 Hz), instead of the source frame rate        (typically between 25 and 30 Hz).        vui_parameters_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that the syntax        structure vui_parameters( ) is present in the SPS RBSP syntax        structure. vui_parameters_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that        the syntax structure vui_parameters( ) is not present in the SPS        RBSP syntax structure.        sps_extension_flag equal to 0 specifies that no        sps_extension_data_flag syntax elements are present in the SPS        RBSP syntax structure. sps_extension_flag equal to I specifies        that there are sps_extension_data_flag syntax elements present        in the SPS RBSP syntax structure.        sps_extension_data_flag may have any value. Its presence and        value do not affect decoder conformance to profiles specified in        this version of this Specification. Decoders conforming to this        version of this Specification may ignore all        sps_extension_data_flag syntax elements.

7.4.3.4 Picture Parameter Set RBSP Semantics

A PPS RBSP may be available to the decoding process prior to it beingreferenced, included in at least one AU with TemporalId less than orequal to the TemporalId of the PPS NAL unit or provided through externalmeans.All PPS NAL units with a particular value of pps_pic_parameter_set_idwithin a PU may have the same content.pps_pic_parameter_set_id identifies the PPS for reference by othersyntax elements. The value of pps_pic_parameter_set_id may be in therange of 0 to 63, inclusive.PPS NAL units, regardless of the nuh_layer_id values, share the samevalue space of pps_pic_parameter_set_id.Let ppsLayerId be the value of the nuh_layer_id of a particular PPS NALunit, and vclLayerId be the value of the nuh_layer_id of a particularVCL NAL unit. The particular VCL NAL unit may not refer to theparticular PPS NAL unit unless ppsLayerId is less than or equal tovclLayerId and the layer with nuh_layer_id equal to ppsLayerId isincluded in at least one OLS that includes the layer with nuh_layer_idequal to vclLayerId.pps_seq_parameter_set_id specifies the value of sps_seq_parameter_set_idfor the SPS. The value of pps_seq_parameter_set_id may be in the rangeof 0 to 15, inclusive. The value of pps_seq_parameter_set_id may be thesame in all PPSs that are referred to by coded pictures in a CLVS.mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag equal to 1 specifies that each picturereferring to the PPS has more than one VCL NAL unit, the VCL NAL unitsdo not have the same value of nal_unit_type, and the picture is not anIRAP picture. mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag equal to 0 specifies thateach picture referring to the PPS has one or more VCL NAL units and theVCL NAL units of each picture referring to the PPS have the same valueof nal_unit_type.When no_mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_constraint_flag is equal to 1, the valueof mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag may be equal to 0.For each slice with a nal_unit_type value nalUnitTypeA in the range ofIDR_W_RADL to CRA_NUT, inclusive, in a picture picA that also containsone or more slices with another value of nal_unit_type (i.e., the valueof mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag for the picture picA is equal to 1), thefollowing applies:

-   -   The slice may belong to a subpicture subpicA for which the value        of the corresponding subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[i] is equal to        1.    -   The slice may not belong to a subpicture of picA containing VCL        NAL units with nal_unit_type not equal to nalUnitTypeA.    -   If nalUnitTypeA is equal to CRA, for all the following PUs        following the current picture in the CLVS in decoding order and        in output order, neither RefPicList[0] nor RefPicList[1] of a        slice in subpicA in those PUs may include any picture preceding        picA in decoding order in an active entry.    -   Otherwise (i.e., nalUnitTypeA is equal to IDR_W_RADL or        IDR_N_LP), for all the PUs in the CLVS following the current        picture in decoding order, neither RefPicList[0] nor        RefPicList[1] of a slice in subpicA in those PUs may include any        picture preceding picA in decoding order in an active entry.    -   NOTE 1—mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag equal to 1 indicates that        pictures referring to the PPS contain slices with different NAL        unit types, e.g., coded pictures originating from a subpicture        bitstream merging operation for which encoders have to ensure        matching bitstream structure and further alignment of parameters        of the original bitstreams. One example of such alignments is as        follows: When the value of sps_idr_rpl_flag is equal to 0 and        mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag is equal to 1, a picture referring        to the PPS cannot have slices with nal_unit_type equal to        IDR_W_RADL or IDR_N_LP.        pic_width_in_luma_samples specifies the width of each decoded        picture referring to the PPS in units of luma samples.        pic_width_in_luma_samples may not be equal to 0, may be an        integer multiple of Max(8, MinCbSizeY), and may be less than or        equal to pic_width_max_in_luma_samples.        When res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag equal to 0, the value of        pic_width_in_luma_samples may be equal to        pic_width_max_in_luma_samples.        pic_height_in_luma_samples specifies the height of each decoded        picture referring to the PPS in units of luma samples.        pic_height_in_luma_samples may not be equal to 0 and may be an        integer multiple of Max(8, MinCbSizeY), and may be less than or        equal to pic_height_max_in_luma_samples.        When res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag equal to 0, the value of        pic_height_in_luma_samples may be equal to        pic_height_max_in_luma_samples.        The variables PicWidthInCtbsY, PicHeightInCtbsY, PicSizeInCtbsY,        PicWidthInMinCbsY, PicHeightInMinCbsY, PicSizeInMinCbsY,        PicSizeInSamplesY, PicWidthInSamplesC and PicHeightInSamplesC        are derived as follows:

PicWidthInCtbsY = (69) Ceil( pic_width_in_luma_samples ÷ CtbSizeY )PicHeightInCtbsY = (70) Ceil( pic_height_in_luma_samples ÷ CtbSizeY )PicSizeInCtbsY = PicWidthInCtbsY * PicHeightInCtbsY (71)PicWidthInMinCbsY = pic_width_in_luma_samples / (72) MinCbSizeYPicHeightInMinCbsY = pic_height_in_luma_samples / (73) MinCbSizeYPicSizeInMinCbsY = PicWidthInMinCbsY * PicHeightInMinCbsY (74)PicSizeInSampIesY = pic_width_in_luma_samples *pic_height_in_luma_samples  (75) PicWidthInSamplesC =pic_width_in_luma_samples / (76) SubWidthC PicHeightInSamplesC =pic_height_in_luma_samples / (77) SubHeightCpps_conformance_window_flag equal to 1 indicates that the conformancecropping window offset parameters follow next in the PPS.pps_conformance_window_flag equal to 0 indicates that the conformancecropping window offset parameters are not present in the PPS.pps_conf_win_left_offset, pps_conf_win_right_offset,pps_conf_win_top_offset, and pps_conf_win_bottom_offset specify thesamples of the pictures in the CLVS that are output from the decodingprocess, in terms of a rectangular region specified in picturecoordinates for output. When pps_conformance_window_flag is equal to 0,the values of pps_conf_win_left_offset, pps_conf_win_right_offset,pps_conf_win_top_offset, and pps_conf_win_bottom_offset are inferred tobe equal to 0.The conformance cropping window contains the luma samples withhorizontal picture coordinates from SubWidthC*pps_conf_win_left_offsetto pic_width_in_luma_samples−(SubWidthC*pps_conf_win_right_offset+1) andvertical picture coordinates from SubHeightC*pps_conf_win_top_offset topic_height_in_luma_samples−(SubHeightC*pps_conf_win_bottom_offset+1),inclusive. The value ofSubWidthC*(pps_conf_win_left_offset+pps_conf_win_right_offset) may beless than pic_width_in_luma_samples, and the value ofSubHeightC*(pps_conf_win_top_offset+pps_conf_win_bottom_offset) may beless than pic_height_in_luma_samples.When ChromaArrayType is not equal to 0, the corresponding specifiedsamples of the two chroma arrays are the samples having picturecoordinates (x/SubWidthC, y/SubHeightC), where (x, y) are the picturecoordinates of the specified luma samples.

-   -   NOTE 2—The conformance cropping window offset parameters are        only applied at the output. All internal decoding processes are        applied to the uncropped picture size.        Let ppsA and ppsB be any two PPSs referring to the same SPS. For        bitstream conformance, when ppsA and ppsB have the same the        values of pic_width_in_luma_samples and        pic_height_in_luma_samples, respectively, ppsA and ppsB may have        the same values of pps_conf_win_left_offset,        pps_conf_win_right_offset, pps_conf_win_top_offset, and        pps_conf_win_bottom_offset, respectively.        When pic_width_in_luma_samples is equal to        pic_width_max_in_luma_samples and pic_height_in_luma_samples is        equal to pic_height_max_in_luma_samples, for bitstream        conformance, pps_conf_win_left_offset,        pps_conf_win_right_offset, pps_conf_win_top_offset, and        pps_conf_win_bottom_offset, are equal to        sps_conf_win_left_offset, sps_conf_win_right_offset,        sps_conf_win_top_offset, and sps_conf_win_bottom_offset,        respectively.        scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag equal to 1 specifies        that the scaling window offset parameters are present in the        PPS. scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag equal to 0        specifies that the scaling window offset parameters are not        present in the PPS. When res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag is        equal to 0, the value of scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag        may be equal to 0.        scaling_win_left_offset, scaling_win_right offset,        scaling_win_top_offset, and scaling_win_bottom_offset specify        the offsets that are applied to the picture size for scaling        ratio calculation. When not present, the values of        scaling_win_left_offset, scaling_win_right_offset,        scaling_win_top_offset, and scaling_win_bottom_offset are        inferred to be equal to SubWidthC*conf_win_left_offset,        SubWidthC*conf_win_right_offset, SubHeightC*conf_win_top_offset,        and SubHeightC*conf_win_bottom_offset, respectively.        The value of        SubWidthC*(scaling_win_left_offset+scaling_win_right_offset) may        be less than pic_width_in_luma_samples, and the value of        SubHeightC*(scaling_win_top_offset+scaling_win_bottom_offset)        may be less than pic_height_in_luma_samples.        The variables PicOutputWidthL and PicOutputHeightL are derived        as follows:

PicOutputWidthL = pic width jn jurna samples - (78) SubWidthC * (scaling_win_right_offset + scaling_win_left_offset) PicOutputHeightL =pic_height_in_luma_samples - (79) SubWidthC * ( scaling win bottomoffset + scaling win top offset )Let refPicOutputWidthL and refPicOutputHeightL be the PicOutputWidthLand PicOutputHeightL, respectively, of a reference picture of a currentpicture referring to this PPS. For bitstream conformance, all of thefollowing conditions may be satisfied:

-   -   PicOutputWidthL*2 may be greater than or equal to        refPicWidthInLumaSamples.    -   PicOutputHeightL*2 may be greater than or equal to        refPicHeightInLumaSamples.    -   PicOutputWidthL may be less than or equal to        refPicWidthInLumaSamples*8.    -   PicOutputHeightL may be less than or equal to        refPicHeightInLumaSamples*8.    -   PicOutputWidthL*pic_width_max_in_luma_samples may be greater        than or equal to        refPicOutputWidthL*(pic_width_in_luma_samples−Max(8,        MinCbSizeY)).    -   PicOutputHeightL*pic_height_max_in_luma_samples may be greater        than or equal to        refPicOutputHeightL*(pic_height_in_luma_samples−Max(8,        MinCbSizeY)).        output_flag_present_flag equal to 1 indicates that the        pic_output_flag syntax element is present in slice headers        referring to the PPS. output_flag_present_flag equal to 0        indicates that the pic_output_flag syntax element is not present        in slice headers referring to the PPS.        subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag equal to 1 specifies that the        subpicture ID mapping is signalled in the PPS.        subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag equal to 0 specifies that the        subpicture ID mapping is not signalled in the PPS. If        subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag is 0 or        subpic_id_mapping_in_sps_flag is equal to 1, the value of        subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag may be equal to 0. Otherwise        (subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag is equal to 1 and        subpic_id_mapping_in_sps_flag is equal to 0), the value of        subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag may be equal to 1.        pps_num_subpics_minus1 may be equal to sps_num_subpics_minus1.        pps_subpic_id_len_minus1 may be equal to        sps_subpic_id_len_minus1.        pps_subpic_id[i] specifies the subpicture ID of the i-th        subpicture. The length of the pps_subpic_id[i] syntax element is        pps_subpic_id_len_minus1+1 bits. The variable SubpicIdVal[i],        for each value of i in the range of 0 to sps_num_subpics_minus1,        inclusive, is derived as follows:

for i =0; i<=sps num subpics minus!; i ++ ) ifsubpic_id_mapping_explicitly__signalled_flag ) SubpicIdVal[ i ] = subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag ? sps subpic id[ i] (80) el se Subpic IdVal i ]= i

For bitstream conformance, both of the following constraints apply:

-   -   For any two different values of i and j in the range of 0 to        sps_num_subpics_minus1, inclusive, SubpicIdVal[i] may not be        equal to SubpicIdVal[j].    -   When the current picture is not the first picture of the CLVS,        for each value of i in the range of 0 to sps_num_subpics_minus1,        inclusive, if the value of SubpicIdVal[i] is not equal to the        value of SubpicIdVal[i] of the previous picture in decoding        order in the same layer, the nal_unit_type for all coded slice        NAL units of the subpicture in the current picture with        subpicture index i may be equal to a particular value in the        range of IDR_W_RADL to CRA_NUT, inclusive.        no_pic_partition_flag equal to 1 specifies that no picture        partitioning is applied to each picture referring to the PPS.        no_pic_partition_flag equal to 0 specifies each picture        referring to the PPS may be partitioned into more than one tile        or slice.        For bitstream conformance, the value of no_pic_partition_flag        may be the same for all PPSs that are referred to by coded        pictures within a CLVS.        For bitstream conformance, the value of no_pic_partition_flag        may not be equal to 1 when the value of sps_num_subpics_minus1+1        is greater than 1.        pps_log2_ctu_size_minus5 plus 5 specifies the luma coding tree        block size of each CTU. pps_log2_ctu_size_minus5 may be equal to        sps_log2_ctu_size_minus5.        num_exp_tile_columns_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number of        explicitly provided tile column widths. The value of        num_exp_tile_columns_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to        PicWidthInCtbsY−1, inclusive. When no_pic_partition_flag is        equal to 1, the value of num_exp_tile_columns_minus1 is inferred        to be equal to 0.        num_exp_tile_rows_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number of        explicitly provided tile row heights. The value of        num_exp_tile_rows_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to        PicHeightInCtbsY−1, inclusive. When no_pic_partition_flag is        equal to 1, the value of num_tile_rows_minus1 is inferred to be        equal to 0.        tile_column_width_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the width of the        i-th tile column in units of CTBs for i in the range of 0 to        num_exp_tile_columns_minus1−1, inclusive.        tile_column_width_minus1[num_exp_tile_columns_minus1] is used to        derive the width of the tile columns with index greater than or        equal to num_exp_tile_columns_minus1 as specified in clause        6.5.1. The value of tile_column_width_minus1[i] may be in the        range of 0 to PicWidthInCtbsY−1, inclusive. When not present,        the value of tile_column_width_minus1[0] is inferred to be equal        to PicWidthInCtbsY−1.        tile_row_height_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the height of the        i-th tile row in units of CTBs for i in the range of 0 to        num_exp_tile_rows_minus1−1, inclusive.        tile_row_height_minus1[num_exp_tile_rows_minus1] is used to        derive the height of the tile rows with index greater than or        equal to num_exp_tile_rows_minus1 as specified in clause 6.5.1.        The value of tile_row_height_minus1[i] may be in the range of 0        to PicHeightInCtbsY−1, inclusive. When not present, the value of        tile_row_height_minus1[0] is inferred to be equal to        PicHeightInCtbsY−1.        rect_slice_flag equal to 0 specifies that tiles within each        slice are in raster scan order and the slice information is not        signalled in PPS. rect_slice_flag equal to 1 specifies that        tiles within each slice cover a rectangular region of the        picture and the slice information is signalled in the PPS. When        not present, rect_slice_flag is inferred to be equal to 1. When        subpic_info_present_flag is equal to 1, the value of        rect_slice_flag may be equal to 1.        single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 1 specifies that each        subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular slice.        single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 0 specifies that each        subpicture may consist of one or more rectangular slices. When        single_slice_per_subpic_flag is equal to 1,        num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is inferred to be equal to        sps_num_subpics_minus1. When not present, the value of        single_slice_per_subpic_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.        num_slices_in_pic_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number of        rectangular slices in each picture referring to the PPS. The        value of num_slices_in_pic_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to        MaxSlicesPerPicture−1, inclusive, where MaxSlicesPerPicture.        When no_pic_partition_flag is equal to 1, the value of        num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is inferred to be equal to 0.        tile_idx_delta_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that        tile_idx_delta values are not present in the PPS and all        rectangular slices in pictures referring to the PPS are        specified in raster order according to the process defined in        clause 6.5.1. tile_idx_delta_present_flag equal to 1 specifies        that tile_idx_delta values may be present in the PPS and all        rectangular slices in pictures referring to the PPS are        specified in the order indicated by the values of        tile_idx_delta. When not present, the value of        tile_idx_delta_present_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.        slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the width of the        i-th rectangular slice in units of tile columns. The value of        slice width_in_tiles_minus1[i] may be in the range of 0 to        NumTileColumns−1, inclusive.        When slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] is not present, the        following applies:    -   If NumTileColumns is equal to 1, the value of        slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   Otherwise, the value of slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] is        inferred as specified in clause 6.5.1.        slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the height of        the i-th rectangular slice in units of tile rows. The value of        slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[i] may be in the range of 0 to        NumTileRows−1, inclusive.        When slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[i] is not present, the        following applies:    -   If NumTileRows is equal to 1, or tile_idx_delta_present_flag is        equal to 0 and tileIdx % NumTileColumns is greater than 0), the        value of slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[i] is inferred to be equal        to 0.    -   Otherwise (NumTileRows is not equal to 1, and        tile_idx_delta_present_flag is equal to I or tileIdx %        NumTileColumns is equal to 0), when tile_idx_delta_present_flag        is equal to 1 or tileIdx % NumTileColumns is equal to 0, the        value of slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[i] is inferred to be equal        to slice_height_in_tiles_minus1[i−1].        num_exp_slices_in_tile[i] specifies the number of explicitly        provided slice heights in the current tile that contains more        than one rectangular slices. The value of        num_exp_slices_in_tile[i] may be in the range of 0 to        RowHeight[tileY]−1, inclusive, where tileY is the tile row index        containing the i-th slice. When not present, the value of        num_exp_slices_in_tile[i] is inferred to be equal to 0. When        num_exp_slices_in_tile[i] is equal to 0, the value of the        variable NumSlicesInTile[i] is derived to be equal to 1.        exp_slice_height_in_ctus_minus1[j] plus 1 specifies the height        of the j-th rectangular slice in the current tile in units of        CTU rows. The value of exp_slice_height_in_ctus_minus1[j] may be        in the range of 0 to RowHeight[tileY]−1, inclusive, where tileY        is the tile row index of the current tile.        When num_exp_slices_in_tile[i] is greater than 0, the variable        NumSlicesInTile[i] and SliceHeightInCtusMinus1[i+k] for k in the        range of 0 to NumSlicesInTile[i]−1 are derived as follows:

remainingHeightInCtbsY = RowHeight[ SliceTopLeftTileIdx[ i ] /NumTileColumns ] numExpSliceInTile=num exp slices in tile i ] for( j=0;j<numExpSliceInTile - 1;j+ +){ SliceHeightInCtusMinus1[ i++ ]=exp sliceheight in ctu minusl[j ] remainingHeightInCtbsY-=SliceHeightInCtusMinus1[ j ] N $ uniform Si iceHeightMin us 1 = SliceHeightInCtusMinus1 [ i - 1](81) while( remainingHeightInCtbsY>=(uniformSliceHeightMinusl + 1) ) {SliceHeightInCtusMinusl[ i++ ]=uniformSliceHeightMinuslremainingHeightInCtbsY-=(uniformSliceHeightMinusl + 1) j++ r 5if(remainingHeightInCtbsY>0){ SHceHeightInCtusMinusl[ i++]=remainingHeightInCtbsY j++ J NumSlicesInTile i ] = jtile_idx_delta[i] specifies the difference between the tile index of thefirst tile in the i-th rectangular slice and the tile index of the firsttile in the (i+1)-th rectangular slice. The value of tile_idx_delta[i]may be in the range of −NumTilesInPic+1 to NumTilesInPic−1, inclusive.When not present, the value of tile_idx_delta[i] is inferred to be equalto 0. When present, the value of tile_idx_delta[i] may not be equal to0.loop_filter_across_tiles_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that in-loopfiltering operations may be performed across tile boundaries in picturesreferring to the PPS. loop_filter_across_tiles_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies that in-loop filtering operations are not performed acrosstile boundaries in pictures referring to the PPS. The in-loop filteringoperations include the deblocking filter, sample adaptive offset filter,and adaptive loop filter operations. When not present, the value ofloop_filter_across_tiles_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 1.loop_filter_across_slices_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that in-loopfiltering operations may be performed across slice boundaries inpictures referring to the PPS. loop_filter_across_slice_enabled_flagequal to 0 specifies that in-loop filtering operations are not performedacross slice boundaries in pictures referring to the PPS. The in-loopfiltering operations include the deblocking filter, sample adaptiveoffset filter, and adaptive loop filter operations. When not present,the value of loop_filter_across_slices_enabled_flag is inferred to beequal to 0.cabac_init_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that cabac_init_flag ispresent in slice headers referring to the PPS. cabac_init_present_flagequal to 0 specifies that cabac_init_flag is not present in sliceheaders referring to the PPS.num_ref_idx_default_active_minus1[i] plus 1, when i is equal to 0,specifies the inferred value of the variable NumRefIdxActive[0] for P orB slices with num_ref_idx_active_override_flag equal to 0, and, when iis equal to 1, specifies the inferred value of NumRefIdxActive[1] for Bslices with num_ref_idx_active_override_flag equal to 0. The value ofnum_ref_idx_default_active_minus1[i] may be in the range of 0 to 14,inclusive.rpl1_idx_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that ref_pic_list_sps_flag[1]and ref_Pic_list_idx[1] are not present in the PH syntax structures orthe slice headers for pictures referring to the PPS.rpl1_idx_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that ref_pic_list_sps_flag[1]and ref_pic_list_idx[1] may be present in the PH syntax structures orthe slice headers for pictures referring to the PPS.init_qp_minus26 plus 26 specifies the initial value of SliceQp_(Y) foreach slice referring to the PPS. The initial value of SliceQp_(Y) ismodified at the picture level when a non-zero value of ph_qp_delta isdecoded or at the slice level when a non-zero value of slice_qp_delta isdecoded. The value of init_qp_minus26 may be in the range of−(26+QpBdOffset) to +37, inclusive.cu_qp_delta_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that theph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_intra_slice and ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_inter_slicesyntax elements are present in PHs referring to the PPS andcu_qp_delta_abs may be present in the transform unit syntax.cu_qp_delta_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that theph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_intra_slice and ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_inter_slicesyntax elements are not present in PHs referring to the PPS andcu_qp_delta_abs is not present in the transform unit syntax.pps_chroma_tool_offsets_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that chromatool offsets related syntax elements are present in the PPS RBSP syntaxstructure.pps_chroma_tool_offsets_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that chromatool offsets related syntax elements are not present in the PPS RBSPsyntax structure. When ChromaArrayType is equal to 0, the value ofpps_chroma_tool_offsets_present_flag may be equal to 0.pps_cb_qp_offset and pps_cr_qp_offset specify the offsets to the lumaquantization parameter Qp′_(Y) used for deriving Qp′_(Cb) and Qp′_(Cr),respectively. The values of pps_cb_qp_offset and pps_cr_qp_offset may bein the range of −12 to +12, inclusive. When ChromaArrayType is equal to0, pps_cb_qp_offset and pps_cr_qp_offset are not used in the decodingprocess and decoders may ignore their value. When not present, thevalues of pps_cb_qp_offset and pps_cr_qp_offset are inferred to be equalto 0.ppsjoint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag equal to 1 specifies thatpps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value and joint_cbcr_qp_offset_list[i] arepresent in the PPS RBSP syntax structure.pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag equal to 0 specifies thatpps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value and joint_cbcr_qp_offset_list[i] are notpresent in the PPS RBSP syntax structure. When ChromaArrayType is equalto 0 or sps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag is equal to 0, the value ofpps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag may be equal to 0. When notpresent, the value of pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag is inferredto be equal to 0.pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value specifies the offset to the lumaquantization parameter Qp′_(Y) used for deriving Qp′_(CbCr). The valueof pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value may be in the range of −12 to +12,inclusive. When ChromaArrayType is equal to 0 orsps_joint_cbcr_enabled_flag is equal to 0,pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value is not used in the decoding process anddecoders may ignore its value. Whenpps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag is equal to 0,pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value is not present and is inferred to beequal to 0.pps_slice_chroma_qp_offsets_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that theslice_cb_qp_offset and slice_cr_qp_offset syntax elements are present inthe associated slice headers. pps_slice_chroma_qp_offsets_present_flagequal to 0 specifies that the slice cb_qp_offset and slice_cr_qp_offsetsyntax elements are not present in the associated slice headers. Whennot present, the value of pps_slice_chroma_qp_offsets_present_flag isinferred to be equal to 0. pps_cu_chroma_qp_offset_list_enabled_flagequal to 1 specifies that the ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_intra_sliceand ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_inter slice syntax elements arepresent in PHs referring to the PPS and cu_chroma_qp_offset_flag may bepresent in the transform unit syntax and the palette coding syntax.pps_cu_chroma_qp_offset_list_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that theph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_intra_slice andph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_inter_slice syntax elements are notpresent in PHs referring to the PPS and the cu_chroma_qp_offset_flag isnot present in the transform unit syntax and the palette coding syntax.When not present, the value of pps_cu_chroma_qp_offset_list_enabled_flagis inferred to be equal to 0.chroma_qp_offset_list_len_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number ofcb_qp_offset_list[i], cr_qp_offset_list[i], andjoint_cbcr_qp_offset_list[i], syntax elements that are present in thePPS RBSP syntax structure. The value of chroma_qp_offset_list_len_minus1may be in the range of 0 to 5, inclusive.cb_qp_offset_list[i], cr_qp_offset_list[i], andjoint_cbcr_qp_offset_list[i], specify offsets used in the derivation ofQp′_(Cb), Qp′_(Cr), and Qp′_(CbCr), respectively. The values ofcb_qp_offset_list[i], cr_qp_offset_list[i], andjoint_cbcr_qp_offset_list[i] may be in the range of −12 to +12,inclusive. When pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_present_flag is equal to 0,joint_cbcr_qp_offset_list[i] is not present and it is inferred to beequal to 0.pps_weighted_pred_flag equal to 0 specifies that weighted prediction isnot applied to P slices referring to the PPS. pps_weighted_pred_flagequal to 1 specifies that weighted prediction is applied to P slicesreferring to the PPS. When sps_weighted_pred_flag is equal to 0, thevalue of pps_weighted_pred_flag may be equal to 0.pps_weighted_bipred_flag equal to 0 specifies that explicit weightedprediction is not applied to B slices referring to the PPS.pps_weighted_bipred_flag equal to 1 specifies that explicit weightedprediction is applied to B slices referring to the PPS. Whensps_weighted_bipred_flag is equal to 0, the value ofpps_weighted_bipred_flag may be equal to 0.deblocking_filter_control_present_flag equal to 1 specifies the presenceof deblocking filter control syntax elements in the PPS.deblocking_filter_control_present_flag equal to 0 specifies the absenceof deblocking filter control syntax elements in the PPS.deblocking_filter_override_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies thepresence of ph_deblocking_filter_override_flag in the PHs referring tothe PPS or slice_deblocking_filter_override_flag in the slice headersreferring to the PPS. deblocking_filter_override_enabled_flag equal to 0specifies the absence of ph_deblocking_filter_override_flag in PHsreferring to the PPS or slice_deblocking_filter_override_flag in sliceheaders referring to the PPS. When not present, the value ofdeblocking_filter_override_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.pps_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that theoperation of deblocking filter is not applied for slices referring tothe PPS in which slice_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag is not present.pps_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that theoperation of the deblocking filter is applied for slices referring tothe PPS in which slice_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag is not present.When not present, the value of pps_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag isinferred to be equal to 0.pps_beta_offset_div2 and pps_tc_offset_div2 specify the defaultdeblocking parameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2) that areapplied to the luma component for slices referring to the PPS, unlessthe default deblocking parameter offsets are overridden by thedeblocking parameter offsets present in the picture headers or the sliceheaders of the slices referring to the PPS. The values ofpps_beta_offset_div2 and pps_tc_offset_div2 may both be in the range of−12 to 12, inclusive. When not present, the values ofpps_beta_offset_div2 and pps_tc_offset_div2 are both inferred to beequal to 0.pps_cb_beta_offset_div2 and pps_cb_tc_offset_div2 specify the defaultdeblocking parameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2) that areapplied to the Cb component for slices referring to the PPS, unless thedefault deblocking parameter offsets are overridden by the deblockingparameter offsets present in the picture headers or the slice headers ofthe slices referring to the PPS. The values of pps_cb_beta_offset_div2and pps_cb_tc_offset_div2 may both be in the range of −12 to 12,inclusive. When not present, the values of pps_cb_beta_offset_div2 andpps_cb_tc_offset_div2 are both inferred to be equal to 0.pps_cr_beta_offset_div2 and pps_cr_tc_offset_div2 specify the defaultdeblocking parameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2) that areapplied to the Cr component for slices referring to the PPS, unless thedefault deblocking parameter offsets are overridden by the deblockingparameter offsets present in the picture headers or the slice headers ofthe slices referring to the PPS. The values of pps_cr_beta_offset_div2and pps_cr_tc_offset_div2 may both be in the range of −12 to 12,inclusive. When not present, the values of pps_cr_beta_offset_div2 andpps_cr_tc_offset_div2 are both inferred to be equal to 0.rpl_info_in_ph_flag equal to 1 specifies that reference picture listinformation is present in the PH syntax structure and not present inslice headers referring to the PPS that do not contain a PH syntaxstructure. rpl_info_in_ph_flag equal to 0 specifies that referencepicture list information is not present in the PH syntax structure andmay be present in slice headers referring to the PPS that do not containa PH syntax structure.dbf_info_in_ph_flag equal to 1 specifies that deblocking filterinformation is present in the PH syntax structure and not present inslice headers referring to the PPS that do not contain a PH syntaxstructure. dbf_info_in_ph_flag equal to 0 specifies that deblockingfilter information is not present in the PH syntax structure and may bepresent in slice headers referring to the PPS that do not contain a PHsyntax structure. When not present, the value of dbf_info_in_ph_flag isinferred to be equal to 0.sao_info_in_ph_flag equal to 1 specifies that SAO filter information ispresent in the PH syntax structure and not present in slice headersreferring to the PPS that do not contain a PH syntax structure.sao_info_in_ph_flag equal to 0 specifies that SAO filter information isnot present in the PH syntax structure and may be present in sliceheaders referring to the PPS that do not contain a PH syntax structure.alf_info_in_ph_flag equal to 1 specifies that ALF information is presentin the PH syntax structure and not present in slice headers referring tothe PPS that do not contain a PH syntax structure. alf_info_in_ph_flagequal to 0 specifies that ALF information is not present in the PHsyntax structure and may be present in slice headers referring to thePPS that do not contain a PH syntax structure.wp_info_in_ph_flag equal to 1 specifies that weighted predictioninformation may be present in the PH syntax structure and not present inslice headers referring to the PPS that do not contain a PH syntaxstructure. wp_info_in_ph_flag equal to 0 specifies that weightedprediction information is not present in the PH syntax structure and maybe present in slice headers referring to the PPS that do not contain aPH syntax structure. When not present, the value of wp_info_in_ph_flagis inferred to be equal to 0.qp_delta_info_in_ph_flag equal to 1 specifies that QP delta informationis present in the PH syntax structure and not present in slice headersreferring to the PPS that do not contain a PH syntax structure.qp_delta_info_in_ph_flag equal to 0 specifies that QP delta informationis not present in the PH syntax structure and may be present in sliceheaders referring to the PPS that do not contain a PH syntax structure.pps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that horizontalwrap-around motion compensation is applied in inter prediction.pps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that horizontalwrap-around motion compensation is not applied. When the value ofCtbSizeY/MinCbSizeY+1 is greater thanpic_width_in_luma_samples/MinCbSizeY−1, the value ofpps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag may be equal to 0. Whensps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag is equal to 0, the value ofpps_ref_wraparound_enabled_flag may be equal to 0.pps_ref_wraparound_offset plus (CtbSizeY/MinCbSizeY)+2 specifies theoffset used for computing the horizontal wrap-around position in unitsof MinCbSizeY luma samples. The value of pps_ref_wraparound_offset maybe in the range of 0 to(pic_width_in_luma_samples/MinCbSizeY)−(CtbSizeY/MinCbSizeY)−2,inclusive.The variable PpsRefWraparoundOffset is set equal topps_ref_wraparound_offset+(CtbSizeY/MinCbSizeY)+2.picture_header_extension_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that no PHextension syntax elements are present in PHs referring to the PPS.picture_header_extension_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that PHextension syntax elements are present in PHs referring to the PPS.picture_header_extension_present_flag may be equal to 0 in bitstreamsconforming to this version of this Specification.slice_header_extension_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that no sliceheader extension syntax elements are present in the slice headers forcoded pictures referring to the PPS. slice_header_extension_present_flagequal to 1 specifies that slice header extension syntax elements arepresent in the slice headers for coded pictures referring to the PPS.slice_header_extension_present_flag may be equal to 0 in bitstreamsconforming to this version of this Specification.pps_extension_flag equal to 0 specifies that no pps_extension_data_flagsyntax elements are present in the PPS RBSP syntax structure.pps_extension_flag equal to 1 specifies that there arepps_extension_data_flag syntax elements present in the PPS RBSP syntaxstructure.pps_extension_data_flag may have any value. Its presence and value donot affect decoder conformance to profiles specified in this version ofthis Specification. Decoders conforming to this version of thisSpecification may ignore all pps_extension_data_flag syntax elements.

7.4.3.5 Adaptation Parameter Set Semantics

Each APS RBSP may be available to the decoding process prior to it beingreferenced, included in at least one AU with TemporalId less than orequal to the TemporalId of the coded slice NAL unit that refers it orprovided through external means.All APS NAL units with a particular value of adaptation_parameter_set_idand a particular value of aps_params_type within a PU, regardless ofwhether they are prefix or suffix APS NAL units, may have the samecontent.adaptation_parameter_set_id provides an identifier for the APS forreference by other syntax elements.

When aps_params_type is equal to ALF_APS or SCALING_APS, the value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id may be in the range of 0 to 7, inclusive.

When aps_params_type is equal to LMCS_APS, the value ofadaptation_parameter_set_id may be in the range of 0 to 3, inclusive.

Let apsLayerId be the value of the nuh_layer_id of a particular APS NALunit, and vclLayerId be the value of the nuh_layer_id of a particularVCL NAL unit. The particular VCL NAL unit may not refer to theparticular APS NAL unit unless apsLayerId is less than or equal tovclLayerId and the layer with nuh_layer_id equal to apsLayerId isincluded in at least one OLS that includes the layer with nuh_layer_idequal to vclLayerId.

aps_params_type specifies the type of APS parameters carried in the APSas specified in Table 6.

TABLE 6 APS parameters type codes and types of APS parametersaps_params_ Name of type aps_params_type Type of APS parameters 0AMF_APS ALT parameters 1 LMCS APS LMCS parameters 2 SCALING_APS Scalinglist parameters 3 . . . 7 Reserved ReservedAll APS NAL units with a particular value of aps_params_type, regardlessof the nuh_layer_id values, share the same value space foradaptation_parameter_set_id. APS NAL units with different values ofaps_params_type use separate values spaces foradaptation_parameter_set_id.

-   -   NOTE 1—A APS NAL unit (with a particular value of        adaptation_parameter_set_id and a particular value of        aps_params_type) can be shared across pictures, and different        slices within a picture can refer to different ALF APSs.    -   NOTE 2—A suffix APS NAL unit associated with a particular VCL        NAL unit (this VCL NAL unit precedes the suffix APS NAL unit in        decoding order) is not for use by the particular VCL NAL unit,        but for use by VCL NAL units following the suffix APS NAL unit        in decoding order.        aps_extension_flag equal to 0 specifies that no        aps_extension_data_flag syntax elements are present in the APS        RBSP syntax structure. aps_extension_flag equal to 1 specifies        that there are aps_extension_data_flag syntax elements present        in the APS RBSP syntax structure.        aps_extension_data_flag may have any value. Its presence and        value do not affect decoder conformance to profiles specified in        this version of this Specification. Decoders conforming to this        version of this Specification may ignore all        aps_extension_data_flag syntax elements.

7.4.3.6 Picture Header RBSP Semantics

The PH RBSP contains a PH syntax structure, i.e.,picture_header_structure( ).

7.4.3.7 Picture Header Structure Semantics

The PH syntax structure contains information that is common for allslices of the coded picture associated with the PH syntax structure.gdr_or_irap_pic_flag equal to 1 specifies that the current picture is aGDR or IRAP picture. gdr_or_irap_pic_flag equal to 0 specifies that thecurrent picture may or may not be a GDR or IRAP picture.gdr_pic_flag equal to 1 specifies the picture associated with the PH isa GDR picture. gdr_pic_flag equal to 0 specifies that the pictureassociated with the PH is not a GDR picture. When not present, the valueof gdr_pic_flag is inferred to be equal to 0. When gdr_enabled_flag isequal to 0, the value of gdr_pic_flag may be equal to 0.ph_inter_slice_allowed_flag equal to 0 specifies that all coded slicesof the picture have slice_type equal to 2. ph_inter_slice_allowed_flagequal to 1 specifies that there may or may not be one or more codedslices in the picture that have slice_type equal to 0 or 1.ph_intra_slice_allowed_flag equal to 0 specifies that all coded slicesof the picture have slice_type equal to 0 or 1.ph_intra_slice_allowed_flag equal to I specifies that there may or maynot be one or more coded slices in the picture that have slice_typeequal to 2. When not present, the value of ph_intra_slice_allowed_flagis inferred to be equal to 1.

-   -   NOTE 1—For bitstreams that are supposed to work subpicture based        bitstream merging without the need of changing PH NAL units, the        encoder is expected to set the values of both        ph_inter_slice_allowed_flag and ph_intra_slice_allowed_flag        equal to 1.        non_reference_picture_flag equal to 1 specifies the picture        associated with the PH is never used as a reference picture.        non_reference_picture_flag equal to 0 specifies the picture        associated with the PH may or may not be used as a reference        picture.        ph_pic_parameter_set_id specifies the value of        pps_pic_parameter_set_id for the PPS in use. The value of        ph_pic_parameter_set_id may be in the range of 0 to 63,        inclusive. For bitstream conformance, the value of TemporalId of        the PH may be greater than or equal to the value of TemporalId        of the PPS that has pps_pic_parameter_set_id equal to        ph_pic_parameter_set_id.        ph_pic_order_cnt_lsb specifies the picture order count modulo        MaxPicOrderCntLsb for the current picture. The length of the        ph_pic_order_cnt_lsb syntax element is        log2_max_pic_order_cnt_lsb_minus4+4 bits. The value of the        ph_pic_order_cnt_lsb may be in the range of 0 to        MaxPicOrderCntLsb−1, inclusive.        no_output_of_prior_pics_flag affects the output of        previously-decoded pictures in the DPB after the decoding of a        CLVSS picture that is not the first picture in the bitstream.        recovery_poc_cnt specifies the recovery point of decoded        pictures in output order. If the current picture is a GDR        picture that is associated with the PH, and there is a picture        picA that follows the current GDR picture in decoding order in        the CLVS that has PicOrderCntVal equal to the PicOrderCntVal of        the current GDR picture plus the value of recovery_poc_cnt, the        picture picA is referred to as the recovery point picture.        Otherwise, the first picture in output order that has        PicOrderCntVal greater than the PicOrderCntVal of the current        picture plus the value of recovery_poc_cnt is referred to as the        recovery point picture. The recovery point picture may not        precede the current GDR picture in decoding order. The value of        recovery_poc_cnt may be in the range of 0 to        MaxPicOrderCntLsb−1, inclusive.        When the current picture is a GDR picture, the variable        RpPicOrderCntVal is derived as follows:

RpPicOrderCntVal=PicOrderCntVal+recovery_poc_cnt  (82)

-   -   NOTE 2—When gdr_enabled_flag is equal to 1 and PicOrderCntVal of        the current picture is greater than or equal to RpPicOrderCntVal        of the associated GDR picture, the current and subsequent        decoded pictures in output order are exact match to the        corresponding pictures produced by starting the decoding process        from the previous IRAP picture, when present, preceding the        associated GDR picture in decoding order.        ph_extra_bit[i] may be equal to 1 or 0. Decoders conforming to        this version of this Specification may ignore the value of        ph_extra_bit[i]. Its value does not affect decoder conformance        to profiles specified in this version of specification.        ph_poc_msb_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that the syntax        element poc_msb_val is present in the PH.        ph_poc_msb_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that the syntax        element poc_msb_val is not present in the PH. When        vps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id] ] is        equal to 0 and there is a picture in the current AU in a        reference layer of the current layer, the value of        ph_poc_msb_present_flag may be equal to 0.        poc_msb_val specifies the POC MSB value of the current picture.        The length of the syntax element poc_msb_val is        poc_msb_len_minus1+1 bits.        ph_alf_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that adaptive loop        filter is enabled for all slices associated with the PH and may        be applied to Y, Cb, or Cr colour component in the slices.        ph_alf_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that adaptive loop        filter may be disabled for one, or more, or all slices        associated with the PH. When not present, ph_alf_enabled_flag is        inferred to be equal to 0.        ph_num_alf_aps_ids_luma specifies the number of ALF APSs that        the slices associated with the PH refers to.        ph_alf_aps_id_luma[i] specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id        of the i-th ALF APS that the luma component of the slices        associated with the PH refers to.        The value of alf_luma_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit        having aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS and        adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to ph_alf_aps_id_luma[i] may        be equal to 1.        The TemporalId of the APS NAL unit having aps_params_type equal        to ALF_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to        ph_alf_aps_id_luma[i] may be less than or equal to the        TemporalId of the picture associated with the PH.        ph_alf_chroma_idc equal to 0 specifies that the adaptive loop        filter is not applied to Cb and Cr colour components.        ph_alf_chroma_idc equal to 1 indicates that the adaptive loop        filter is applied to the Cb colour component. ph_alf_chroma_idc        equal to 2 indicates that the adaptive loop filter is applied to        the Cr colour component. ph_alf_chroma_idc equal to 3 indicates        that the adaptive loop filter is applied to Cb and Cr colour        components. When ph_alf_chroma_idc is not present, it is        inferred to be equal to 0.        ph_alf_aps_id_chroma specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id        of the ALF APS that the chroma component of the slices        associated with the PH refers to.        The value of alf_chroma_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit        having aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS and        adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to ph_alf_aps_id_chroma may be        equal to 1. The TemporalId of the APS NAL unit having        aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id        equal to ph_alf_aps_id_chroma may be less than or equal to the        TemporalId of the picture associated with the PH.        ph_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that        cross-component filter for Cb colour component is enabled for        all slices associated with the PH and may be applied to Cb        colour component in the slices. ph_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag equal        to 0 specifies that cross-component filter for Cb colour        component may be disabled for one, or more, or all slices        associated with the PH. When not present,        ph_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.        ph_cc_alf_cb_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id of        the ALF APS that the Cb colour component of the slices        associated with the PH refers to.        The value of alf_cc_cb_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit        having aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS and        adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to ph_cc_alf_cb_aps_id may be        equal to 1.        ph_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that        cross-component filter for Cr colour component is enabled for        all slices associated with the PH and may be applied to Cr        colour component in the slices. ph_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag equal        to 0 specifies that cross-component filter for Cr colour        component may be disabled for one, or more, or all slices        associated with the PH. When not present,        ph_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.        ph_cc_alf_cr_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id of        the ALF APS that the Cr colour component of the slices        associated with the PH refers to.        The value of alf_cc_cr_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit        having aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS and        adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to ph_cc_alf_cr_aps_id may be        equal to 1.        ph_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that luma mapping with        chroma scaling is enabled for all slices associated with the PH.        ph_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that luma mapping with        chroma scaling may be disabled for one, or more, or all slices        associated with the PH. When not present, the value of        ph_lmcs_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.        ph_lmcs_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id of the        LMCS APS that the slices associated with the PH refers to. The        TemporalId of the APS NAL unit having aps_params_type equal to        LMCS_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to ph_lmcs_aps_id        may be less than or equal to the TemporalId of the picture        associated with PH.        ph_chroma_residual_scale_flag equal to 1 specifies that chroma        residual scaling is enabled for the all slices associated with        the PH. ph_chroma_residual_scale_flag equal to 0 specifies that        chroma residual scaling may be disabled for one, or more, or all        slices associated with the PH. When        ph_chroma_residual_scale_flag is not present, it is inferred to        be equal to 0.        ph_scaling_list_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that the        scaling list data used for the slices associated with the PH is        derived based on the scaling list data contained in the        referenced scaling list APS. ph_scaling_list_present_flag equal        to 0 specifies that the scaling list data used for the slices        associated with the PH is set to be equal to 16. When not        present, the value of ph_scaling_list_present_flag is inferred        to be equal to 0.        ph_scaling_list_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id        of the scaling list APS. The TemporalId of the APS NAL unit        having aps_params_type equal to SCALING_APS and        adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to ph_scaling_list_aps_id may        be less than or equal to the TemporalId of the picture        associated with PH.        ph_virtual_boundaries_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that        information of virtual boundaries is signalled in the PH.        ph_virtual_boundaries_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that        information of virtual boundaries is not signalled in the PH.        When there is one or more than one virtual boundaries signalled        in the PH, the in-loop filtering operations are disabled across        the virtual boundaries in the picture. The in-loop filtering        operations include the deblocking filter, sample adaptive offset        filter, and adaptive loop filter operations. When not present,        the value of ph_virtual_boundaries_present_flag is inferred to        be equal to 0.        For bitstream conformance, when subpic_info_present_flag is        equal to 1, the value of ph_virtual_boundaries_present_flag may        be equal to 0.        The variable VirtualBoundariesPresentFlag is derived as follows:

VirtualBoundariesPresentFl ag= 0 if(sps_virtual_boundaries enabled flag) VirtualBoundariesPresentFlag = sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag phvirtual boundaries present flag (83)ph_num_ver_virtual_boundaries specifies the number ofph_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[i] syntax elements that are present in thePH. When ph_num_ver_virtual_boundaries is not present, it is inferred tobe equal to 0.The variable NumVerVirtualBoundaries is derived as follows:

N um V er VirtualBoundari es 0 if(sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag )NumVerVirtualBoundaries=sps virtual boundaries present flag ?sps_num_ver_virtual _boundaries: ph_num_ver_vi rtual_boundari es (84)ph_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[i] specifies the location of the i-thvertical virtual boundary in units of luma samples divided by 8. Thevalue of ph_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[i] may be in the range of 1 toCeil(pic_width_in_luma_samples÷8)−1, inclusive.The list VirtualBoundariesPosX[i] for i ranging from 0 toNumVerVirtualBoundaries−1, inclusive, in units of luma samples,specifying the locations of the vertical virtual boundaries, is derivedas follows:

for(i=0;i<NumVerVirtualBoundaries; +++) VirtualBoundariesPosX[ i ]=( spsvirtual boundaries present flag 9 sps_virtual_boundaries_pos_x[ i ] :ph_virtual_boundaries_pos_X[ i ] ) * 8 (85)The distance between any two vertical virtual boundaries may be greaterthan or equal to CtbSizeY luma samples.ph_num_hor_virtual_boundaries specifies the number ofph_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[i] syntax elements that are present in thePH. When ph_num_hor_virtual_boundaries is not present, it is inferred tobe equal to 0.The parameter NumHorVirtualBoundaries is derived as follows:

N umHorVi r t ti al B oun dari e s 0if(sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag ) NumHorVirtualBoundaries=spsvirtual boundaries present flag 9 sp s_n um_h or_virtual_b oundari es :ph_num_h or_vi rtual_b oun dari es (86)When sps_virtual_boundaries_enabled_flag is equal to 1 andph_virtual_boundaries_present_flag is equal to 1, the sum ofph_num_ver_virtual_boundaries and ph_num_hor_virtual_boundaries may begreater than 0.ph_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[i] specifies the location of the i-thhorizontal virtual boundary in units of luma samples divided by 8. Thevalue of ph_virtual_boundaries_pos_y[i] may be in the range of 1 toCeil(pic_height_in_luma_samples÷8)−1, inclusive.The list VirtualBoundariesPosY[i] for i ranging from 0 toNumHorVirtualBoundaries−1, inclusive, in units of luma samples,specifying the locations of the horizontal virtual boundaries, isderived as follows:

for(i=NumHorVirtualBoundaries;i++) VirtualBoundariesPosY[i] = (sps_virtual_boundaries_present_flag ? sps virtual boundaries pos y[ i ]: ph virtual boundaries pos y[ i ] ) * 8 (87)The distance between any two horizontal virtual boundaries may begreater than or equal to CtbSizeY luma samples.pic_output_flag affects the decoded picture output and removalprocesses. When pic_output_flag is not present, it is inferred to beequal to 1.partition_constraints_override_flag equal to 1 specifies that partitionconstraint parameters are present in the PH.partition_constraints_override_flag equal to 0 specifies that partitionconstraint parameters are not present in the PH. When not present, thevalue of partition_constraints_override_flag is inferred to be equal to0.ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma specifies the differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the minimum size in luma samples of aluma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU and the base2 logarithm of the minimum coding block size in luma samples for lumaCUs in the slices with slice_type equal to 2 (I) associated with the PH.The value of ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma may be in therange of 0 to CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY, inclusive. When not present,the value of ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_luma is inferred to be equal tosps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_luma.ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma specifies the maximumhierarchy depth for coding units resulting from multi-type treesplitting of a quadtree leaf in slices with slice_type equal to 2 (I)associated with the PH. The value ofph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma may be in the range of 0 to2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY), inclusive. When not present, the valueof ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma is inferred to be equalto sps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma.ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma specifies the differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) inluma samples of a luma coding block that can be split using a binarysplit and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a lumaleaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in slices withslice_type equal to 2 (I) associated with the PH. The value ofph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraY, inclusive. When not present, the valueof ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma is inferred to be equalto sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma.ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma specifies the differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) inluma samples of a luma coding block that can be split using a ternarysplit and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a lumaleaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in slices withslice_type equal to 2 (I) associated with the PH. The value ofph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraY, inclusive. When not present, the valueof ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma is inferred to be equalto sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma.ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma specifies the differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the minimum size in luma samples of achroma leaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a chroma CTU withtreeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA and the base 2 logarithm of theminimum coding block size in luma samples for chroma CUs with treeTypeequal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice_type equal to 2 (I)associated with the PH. The value ofph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma may be in the range of 0to CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY, inclusive. When not present, the valueof ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma is inferred to be equalto sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma.ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma specifies the maximumhierarchy depth for chroma coding units resulting from multi-type treesplitting of a chroma quadtree leaf with treeType equal toDUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice_type equal to 2(1) associated withthe PH. The value of ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma maybe in the range of 0 to 2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY), inclusive. Whennot present, the value of ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chromais inferred to be equal tosps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_chroma.ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma specifies the differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) inluma samples of a chroma coding block that can be split using a binarysplit and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a chromaleaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a chroma CTU withtreeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice_type equal to2(1) associated with the PH. The value ofph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma may be in the range of 0to CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraC, inclusive. When not present, thevalue of ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma is inferred to beequal to sps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma.ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma specifies the differencebetween the base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) inluma samples of a chroma coding block that can be split using a ternarysplit and the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a chromaleaf block resulting from quadtree splitting of a chroma CTU withtreeType equal to DUAL_TREE_CHROMA in slices with slice_type equal to2(1) associated with the PH. The value ofph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma may be in the range of 0to CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraC, inclusive. When not present, thevalue of ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma is inferred to beequal to sps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_chromaph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_intra_slice specifies the maximum cbSubdiv valueof coding units in intra slice that convey cu_qp_delta_abs andcu_qp_delta_sign_flag. The value of ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_intra_slicemay be in the range of 0 to2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeIntraY+ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma),inclusive.When not present, the value of ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_intra_slice isinferred to be equal to 0.ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_intra_slice specifies the maximum cbSubdivvalue of coding units in intra slice that conveycu_chroma_qp_offset_flag. The value ofph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_intra_slice may be in the range of 0 to2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeintraY+ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma),inclusive.When not present, the value of ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_intra_sliceis inferred to be equal to 0.ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice specifies the difference betweenthe base 2 logarithm of the minimum size in luma samples of a luma leafblock resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU and the base 2logarithm of the minimum luma coding block size in luma samples for lumaCUs in the slices with slice_type equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P) associatedwith the PH. The value of ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice may bein the range of 0 to CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY, inclusive. When notpresent, the value of ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_luma is inferred to beequal to sps_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice.ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice specifies the maximum hierarchydepth for coding units resulting from multi-type tree splitting of aquadtree leaf in slices with slice_type equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P)associated with the PH. The value ofph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice may be in the range of 0 to2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinCbLog2SizeY), inclusive. When not present, the valueof ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice is inferred to be equal tosps_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice.ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice specifies the difference betweenthe base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) in lumasamples of a luma coding block that can be split using a binary splitand the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a luma leafblock resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in the slices withslice_type equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P) associated with the PH. The value ofph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeInterY, inclusive. When not present, the valueof ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice is inferred to be equal tosps_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_inter_slice.ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice specifies the difference betweenthe base 2 logarithm of the maximum size (width or height) in lumasamples of a luma coding block that can be split using a ternary splitand the minimum size (width or height) in luma samples of a luma leafblock resulting from quadtree splitting of a CTU in slices withslice_type equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P) associated with the PH. The value ofph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice may be in the range of 0 toCtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeInterY, inclusive. When not present, the valueof ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice is inferred to be equal tosps_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_inter_slice.ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_inter_slice specifies the maximum cbSubdiv valueof coding units that in inter slice convey cu_qp_delta_abs andcu_qp_delta_sign_flag. The value of ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_inter_slicemay be in the range of 0 to2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeInterY+ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice),inclusive.When not present, the value of ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_inter_slice isinferred to be equal to 0.ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_inter_slice specifies the maximum cbSubdivvalue of coding units in inter slice that conveycu_chroma_qp_offset_flag. The value ofph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_inter_slice may be in the range of 0 to2*(CtbLog2SizeY−MinQtLog2SizeInterY+ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice),inclusive.When not present, the value of ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdiv_inter_sliceis inferred to be equal to 0.ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag specifies whether temporal motion vectorpredictors can be used for inter prediction for slices associated withthe PH. If ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is equal to 0, the syntaxelements of the slices associated with the PH may be constrained suchthat no temporal motion vector predictor is used in decoding of theslices. Otherwise (ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is equal to 1), temporalmotion vector predictors may be used in decoding of the slicesassociated with the PH. When not present, the value ofph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal to 0. When noreference picture in the DPB has the same spatial resolution as thecurrent picture, the value of ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag may be equalto 0.

The maximum number of subblock-based merging MVP candidates,MaxNumSubblockMergeCand, is derived as follows:

if(sps_affine_enabled_flag) MaxNumSubblockMergeCand = 5 - five minus maxnum subblock merge cand (88) else MaxN umSubbl ockMergeCandsps_sbtmvp_enabled_flag && ph_temporal_mvp_enable_flag The value ofMaxNumSubblockMergeCand may be in the range of 0 to 5, inclusive.

The value of MaxNumSubblockMergeCand may be in the range of 0 to 5,inclusive.

ph_collocated_from_l0_flag equal to 1 specifies that the collocatedpicture used for temporal motion vector prediction is derived fromreference picture list 0. ph_collocated_from_l0_flag equal to 0specifies that the collocated picture used for temporal motion vectorprediction is derived from reference picture list 1.ph_collocated_ref_idx specifies the reference index of the collocatedpicture used for temporal motion vector prediction.When ph_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 1, ph_collocated_ref_idxrefers to an entry in reference picture list 0, and the value ofph_collocated_ref_idx may be in the range of 0 tonum_ref_entries[0][PicRplsIdx[0]]−1, inclusive.When ph_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 0, ph_collocated_ref_idxrefers to an entry in reference picture list 1, and the value ofph_collocated_ref_idx may be in the range of 0 tonum_ref_entries[1][PicRplsIdx[1]]−1, inclusive.When not present, the value of ph_collocated_ref_idx is inferred to beequal to 0. mvd_I1_zero_flag equal to 1 indicates that themvd_coding(x0, y0, 1) syntax structure is not parsed andMvdL1[x0][y0][compIdx] and MvdCpL1[x0][y0][cpIdx][compIdx] are set equalto 0 for compIdx=0 . . . 1 and cpIdx=0.2. mvd_l1_zero_flag equal to 0indicates that the mvd_coding(x0, y0, 1) syntax structure is parsed.ph_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that merge mode withmotion vector difference uses integer sample precision in the slicesassociated with the PH. ph_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifiesthat merge mode with motion vector difference can use fractional sampleprecision in the slices associated with the PH. When not present, thevalue of ph_fpel_mmvd_enabled_flag is inferred to be 0.ph_disable_bdof_flag equal to 1 specifies that bi-directional opticalflow inter prediction based inter bi-prediction is disabled in theslices associated with the PH. ph_disable_bdof_flag equal to 0 specifiesthat bi-directional optical flow inter prediction based interbi-prediction may or may not be enabled in the slices associated withthe PH.When ph_disable_bdof_flag is not present, the following applies:

-   -   If sps_bdof_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the value of        ph_disable_bdof_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   Otherwise (sps_bdof_enabled_flag is equal to 0), the value of        ph_disable_bdof_flag is inferred to be equal to 1.        ph_disable_dmvr_flag equal to 1 specifies that decoder motion        vector refinement based inter bi-prediction is disabled in the        slices associated with the PH. ph_disable_dmvr_flag equal to 0        specifies that decoder motion vector refinement based inter        bi-prediction may or may not be enabled in the slices associated        with the PH.        When ph_disable_dmvr_flag is not present, the following applies:    -   If sps_dmvr_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the value of        ph_disable_dmvr_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   Otherwise (sps_dmvr_enabled_flag is equal to 0), the value of        ph_disable_dmvr_flag is inferred to be equal to 1.        ph_disable_prof_flag equal to 1 specifies that prediction        refinement with optical flow is disabled in the slices        associated with the PH. ph_disable_prof flag equal to 0        specifies that prediction refinement with optical flow may or        may not be enabled in the slices associated with the PH.        When ph_disable_prof flag is not present, the following applies:    -   If sps_affine_prof_enabled_flag is equal to 1, the value of        ph_disable_prof flag is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   Otherwise (sps_affine_prof_enabled_flag is equal to 0), the        value of ph_disable_prof flag is inferred to be equal to 1.        ph_qp_delta specifies the initial value of Qp_(Y) to be used for        the coding blocks in the picture until modified by the value of        CuQpDeltaVal in the coding unit layer.        When qp_delta_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1, the initial value        of the Qp_(Y) quantization parameter for all slices of the        picture, SliceQp_(Y), is derived as follows:

SliceQp_(Y)=26+init_qp_minus26+ph_qp_delta  (89)

The value of SliceQp_(Y) may be in the range of −QpBdOffset to +63,inclusive.phjoint_cbcr_sign_flag specifies whether, in transform units withtu_joint_cbcr_residual_flag[x0][y0] equal to 1, the collocated residualsamples of both chroma components have inverted signs. Whentu_joint_cbcr_residual_flag[x0][y0] equal to 1 for a transform unit,ph_joint_cbcr_sign_flag equal to 0 specifies that the sign of eachresidual sample of the Cr (or Cb) component is identical to the sign ofthe collocated Cb (or Cr) residual sample and ph_joint_cbcr_sign_flagequal to I specifies that the sign of each residual sample of the Cr (orCb) component is given by the inverted sign of the collocated Cb (or Cr)residual sample.ph_sao_luma_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that SAO is enabled forthe luma component in all slices associated with the PH;ph_sao_luma_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that SAO for the lumacomponent may be disabled for one, or more, or all slices associatedwith the PH. When ph_sao_luma_enabled_flag is not present, it isinferred to be equal to 0.ph_sao_chroma_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that SAO is enabled forthe chroma component in all slices associated with the PH;ph_sao_chroma_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that SAO for chromacomponent may be disabled for one, or more, or all slices associatedwith the PH. When ph_sao_chroma_enabled_flag is not present, it isinferred to be equal to 0.ph_dep_quant_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that dependentquantization is disabled for the current picture.ph_dep_quant_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that dependentquantization is enabled for the current picture. Whenph_dep_quant_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred to be equal to0.pic_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that sign bithiding is disabled for the current picture.pic_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that sign bithiding is enabled for the current picture. Whenpic_sign_data_hiding_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred to beequal to 0.ph_deblocking_filter_override_flag equal to I specifies that deblockingparameters are present in the PH. ph_deblocking_filter_override_flagequal to 0 specifies that deblocking parameters are not present in thePH. When not present, the value of ph_deblocking_filter_override_flag isinferred to be equal to 0.ph_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that theoperation of the deblocking filter is not applied for the slicesassociated with the PH. ph_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag equal to 0specifies that the operation of the deblocking filter is applied for theslices associated with the PH. When ph_deblocking_filter_disabled_flagis not present, it is inferred to be equal topps_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag.ph_beta_offset_div2 and ph_tc_offset_div2 specify the deblockingparameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2) that are applied to theluma component for the slices associated with the PH. The values ofph_beta_offset_div2 and ph_tc_offset_div2 may both be in the range of−12 to 12, inclusive. When not present, the values ofph_beta_offset_div2 and ph_tc_offset_div2 are inferred to be equal topps_beta_offset_div2 and pps_tc_offset_div2, respectively.ph_cb_beta_offset_div2 and ph_cb_tc_offset_div2 specify the deblockingparameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2) that are applied to the Cbcomponent for the slices associated with the PH. The values ofph_cb_beta_offset_div2 and ph_cb_tc_offset_div2 may both be in the rangeof −12 to 12, inclusive. When not present, the values ofph_cb_betaa_offset_div2 and ph_cb_tc_offset_div2 are inferred to beequal to pps_cb_beta_offset_div2 and pps_cb_tc_offset_div2,respectively.ph_cr_beta_offset_div2 and ph_cr_tc_offset_div2 specify the deblockingparameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2) that are applied to the Crcomponent for the slices associated with the PH. The values ofph_cr_beta_offset_div2 and ph_cr_tc_offset_div2 may both be in the rangeof −12 to 12, inclusive. When not present, the values ofph_cr_beta_offset_div2 and ph_cr_tc_offset_div2 are inferred to be equalto pps_cr_beta_offset_div2 and pps_cr_tc_offset_div2, respectively.ph_extension_length specifies the length of the PH extension data inbytes, not including the bits used for signalling ph_extension_lengthitself. The value of ph_extension_length may be in the range of 0 to256, inclusive. When not present, the value of ph_extension_length isinferred to be equal to 0.ph_extension_data_byte may have any value. Decoders conforming to thisversion of this Specification may ignore the value of ph_extension_databyte. Its value does not affect decoder conformance to profilesspecified in this version of specification.

7.4.8 Slice Header Semantics 7.4.8.1 General Slice Header Semantics

The variable CuQpDeltaVal, specifying the difference between a lumaquantization parameter for the coding unit containing cu_qp_delta_absand its prediction, is set equal to 0. The variables CuQpOffset_(Cb),CuQpOffset_(Cr), and CuQpOffset_(CbCr), specifying values to be usedwhen determining the respective values of the Qp′_(Cb), Qp′_(Cr), andQp′_(CbCr) quantization parameters for the coding unit containingcu_chroma_qp_offset_flag, are all set equal to 0.picture_header_in_slice_header_flag equal to 1 specifies that the PHsyntax structure is present in the slice header.picture_header_in_slice_header_flag equal to 0 specifies that the PHsyntax structure is not present in the slice header.For bitstream conformance, the value ofpicture_header_in_slice_header_flag may be the same in all coded slicesin a CLVS.When picture_header_in_slice_header flag is equal to 1 for a codedslice, for bitstream conformance, no VCL NAL unit with nal_unit_typeequal to PH_NUT may be present in the CLVS.When picture_header_in_slice_header_flag is equal to 0, all coded slicesin the current picture may have picture_header_in_slice_header_flag isequal to 0, and the current PU may have a PH NAL unit.slice_subpic_id specifies the subpicture ID of the subpicture thatcontains the slice. If slice_subpic_id is present, the value of thevariable CurrSubpicIdx is derived to be such thatSubpicIdVal[CurrSubpicIdx] is equal to slice_subpic_id. Otherwise(slice_subpic_id is not present), CurrSubpicIdx is derived to be equalto 0. The length of slice_subpic_id is sps_subpic_id_len_minus1+1 bits.slice_address specifies the slice address of the slice. When notpresent, the value of slice_address is inferred to be equal to 0. Whenrect_slice_flag is equal to 1 and NumSlicesInSubpic[CurrSubpicIdx] isequal to 1, the value of slice_address is inferred to be equal to 0.If rect_slice_flag is equal to 0, the following applies:

-   -   The slice address is the raster scan tile index.    -   The length of slice_address is Ceil(Log2 (NumTilesInPic)) bits.    -   The value of slice_address may be in the range of 0 to        NumTilesInPic−1, inclusive.        Otherwise (rect_slice_flag is equal to 1), the following        applies:    -   The slice address is the subpicture-level slice index of the        slice.    -   The length of slice_address is        Ceil(Log2(NumSlicesInSubpic[CurrSubpicIdx])) bits.    -   The value of slice_address may be in the range of 0 to        NumSlicesInSubpic[CurrSubpicIdx]−1, inclusive.        For bitstream conformance, the following constraints may apply:    -   If rect_slice_flag is equal to 0 or subpic_info_present_flag is        equal to 0, the value of slice_address may not be equal to the        value of slice_address of any other coded slice NAL unit of the        same coded picture.    -   Otherwise, the pair of slice_subpic_id and slice_address values        may not be equal to the pair of slice_subpic_id and        slice_address values of any other coded slice NAL unit of the        same coded picture.    -   The shapes of the slices of a picture may be such that each CTU,        when decoded, may have its entire left boundary and entire top        boundary consisting of a picture boundary or consisting of        boundaries of previously decoded CTU(s).        sh_extra_bit[i] may be equal to 1 or 0. Decoders conforming to        this version of this Specification may ignore the value of        sh_extra_bit[i]. Its value does not affect decoder conformance        to profiles specified in this version of specification.        num_tiles_in_slice_minus1 plus 1, when present, specifies the        number of tiles in the slice. The value of        num_tiles_in_slice_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to        NumTilesInPic−1, inclusive. The variable NumCtusInCurrSlice,        which specifies the number of CTUs in the current slice, and the        list CtbAddrInCurrSlice[i], for i ranging from 0 to        NumCtusInCurrSlice−1, inclusive, specifying the picture raster        scan address of the i-th CTB within the slice, are derived as        follows:

if(rect slice_flag){ picLevelSliceldx slice address for(j=«3;j<CurrSubpicIdx; j++) picLevelSliceldx +=NumSlicesInSubpic[ j ]NumCtusInCurrSlice =NumCtusInSlice[ picLevelSliceldx ] for(i=0;i<NumCtusInCurrSlice; i++) CtbAddrInCurrSlice[ i ] = CtbAddrinSlice[picLevelSliceldx ][ i ] (117) } else 5 k NumCtusInCurrSlice 0 for(tileldx = slice_address; tileldx <=slice_address+num_tiles_in_slice_minus1; tileldx++){tileX=tileldx%NumTileColumns tileY=tileldx/NumTileColumns for( ctbY =tileRowBd tileY ]; ctbY < tileRowBd[ tileY + 1 ], ctbY •) { for( ctbX =tileColBd[ tileX ]; ctbX < tileColBd[ tileX + 1 ]; ctbX++ ) {CtbAddrInCurrSHce[ NumCtusInCurrSlice ] ctbY * PicWidthinCtb + ctbXNumCtusInCurrSlice++ ) 5 } t 5The variables SubpicLeftBoundaryPos, SubpicTopBoundaryPos,SubpicRightBoundaryPos, and SubpicBotBoundaryPos are derived as follows:

if(subpic treated as pic flag[ CurrSubpicldx ]){ SubpicLeftBoundaryPos =subpic_ctu_top_left_x[ CurrSubpicldx ] * CtbSizeY SubpicRightBoundaryPos=Min( pic width max in luma samples - 1, ( subpic_ctu_top_left_x[CurrSubpicldx ] + subpic width minus 1[ CurrSubpicldx ]+1)* CtbSizeY- 1)S ubpi cT opB oundary Pos = subpic ctu top left y[ CurrSubpicldx ]*CtbSizeY (118) Sub pi cB otB ound ary P os =Min(pic height max in lumasamples - 1, ( subpic_ctu_top_left_y[ CurrSubpicldx ] + subpic heightminus 1[ CurrSubpicldx ] + 1 ) * CtbSizeY″ 1 ) 1 5

TABLE 9 Name association to slice type slice_type Name of slice_type 0 B(B slice) 1 P (P slice) 2 I (I slice)When not present, the value of slice_type is inferred to be equal to 2.When ph_intra_slice_allowed_flag is equal to 0, the value of slice_typemay be equal to 0 or 1. When nal_unit_type is in the range of IDR_W_RADLto CRA_NUT, inclusive, andvps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id]] is equal to 1,slice_type may be equal to 2.The variables MinQtLog2SizeY, MinQtLog2SizeC, MinQtSizeY, MinQtSizeC,MaxBtSizeY, MaxBtSizeC, MinBtSizeY, MaxTtSizeY, MaxTtSizeC, MinTtSizeY,MaxMttDepthY and MaxMttDepthC are derived as follows:

If slice type equal to 2 (1), MinQtLog2SizeY MinCbLog2SizeY + ph log2diff min qt min cb intra slice luma (119) MinQtLog2SizeCMinCbLog2SizeY + ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_intra_slice_chroma (120)MaxBtSizeY=1« (MinQtLog2SizeY +ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma) (121) MaxBtSizeC=1« (MinQtLog2SizeC + ph_log2_diff_max_bt_min_qt_intra_slice_chroma )(122)MaxTtSizeY=1« (MinQtLog2SizeY +ph_log2_diff_max_tt_min_qt_intra_slice_luma ) (123) MaxTtSizeC=1« (MinQtLog2SizeC + ph log2 diff max tt min qt intra slice chroma )(124)MaxMttDepthY = ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_intra_slice_luma (125)MaxMttDepthC = ph max mtt hierarchy depth intra slice chroma (126)CuQpDeltaSubdiv = ph_cu_qp_delta_subdiv_intra_slice(127)CuChromaQpOffsetSubdiv = ph cu chroma qp offset subdiv intra slice(128)Otherwise (slicetype equal to 0 (B) or 1 (P)), MinQtLog2SizeY =MinCbLog2SizeY + ph log2 diff min qt min cb inter slice (129)MinQtLog2SizeC = MinCbLog2SizeY + ph_log2_diff_min_qt_min_cb_inter_slice(130) MaxBtSizeY=1« ( MinQtLog2SizeY + ph log2 diff max bt min qt interslice)(131) MaxBtSizeC=1« ( MinQtLog2SizeC + ph log2 diff max bt min qtinter slice)(132) MaxTtSizeY=1« ( MinQtLog2SizeY + ph log2 diff max ttmin qt inter slice)(133) MaxTtSizeC= 1 « (MinQtLog2SizeC + ph log2 diffmax tt min qt inter slice) (134) MaxMttDepthY = ph max mtt hierarchydepth inter slice(135) MaxMttDepthC =ph_max_mtt_hierarchy_depth_inter_slice(136) CuQpDeltaSubdiv = ph cu qpdelta subdiv jnter slice(137) CuChromaQpOffsetSubdiv =ph_cu_chroma_qp_offset_subdivjnter_slice(138) MinQtSizeY = 1 «MinQtLog2SizeY (139) MinQtSizeC = 1 « MinQtLog2SizeC (140) MinBtSizeY =1 « MinCbLog2SizeY (141) MinTtSizeY = 1 « MinCbLog2SizeYslice_alf_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that adaptive loop filter isenabled and may be applied to Y, Cb, or Cr colour component in a slice.slice_alf_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that adaptive loop filter isdisabled for all colour components in a slice. When not present, thevalue of slice_alf_enabled_flag is inferred to be equal toph_alf_enabled_flag.slice_num_alf_aps_ids_luma specifies the number of ALF APSs that theslice refers to. When slice_alf_enabled_flag is equal to 1 andslice_num_alf_aps_ids_luma is not present, the value ofslice_num_alf_aps_ids_luma is inferred to be equal to the value ofph_num_alf_aps_ids_luma.slice_alf_aps_id_luma[i] specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id ofthe i-th ALF APS that the luma component of the slice refers to. TheTemporalId of the APS NAL unit having aps_params_type equal to ALF_APSand adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to slice_alf_aps_id_luma[i] may beless than or equal to the Temporal Id of the coded slice NAL unit. Whenslice_alf_enabled_flag is equal to 1 and slice_alf_aps_id_luma[i] is notpresent, the value of slice_alf_aps_id_luma[i] is inferred to be equalto the value of ph_alf_aps_id_luma[i]. The value ofalf_luma_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit having aps_params_typeequal to ALF_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id equal toslice_alf_aps_id_luma[i] may be equal to 1.slice_alf_chroma_idc equal to 0 specifies that the adaptive loop filteris not applied to Cb and Cr colour components. slice_alf_chroma_idcequal to I indicates that the adaptive loop filter is applied to the Cbcolour component. slice_alf_chroma_idc equal to 2 indicates that theadaptive loop filter is applied to the Cr colour component.slice_alf_chroma_idc equal to 3 indicates that the adaptive loop filteris applied to Cb and Cr colour components. When slice_alf_chroma_idc isnot present, it is inferred to be equal to ph_alf_chroma_idc.slice_alf_aps_id_chroma specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id of theALF APS that the chroma component of the slice refers to. The TemporalIdof the APS NAL unit having aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS andadaptation_parameter_set_id equal to slice_alf_aps_id_chroma may be lessthan or equal to the TemporalId of the coded slice NAL unit. Whenslice_alf_enabled_flag is equal to 1 and slice_alf_aps_id_chroma is notpresent, the value of slice_alf_aps_id_chroma is inferred to be equal tothe value of ph_alf_aps_id_chroma. The value ofalf_chroma_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit having aps_params_typeequal to ALF_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id equal toslice_alf_aps_id_chroma may be equal to 1.slice_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that thecross-component filter is not applied to the Cb colour component.slice_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag equal to 1 indicates that thecross-component filter is enabled and may be applied to the Cb colourcomponent. When slice_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag is not present, it isinferred to be equal to ph_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag.slice_cc_alf_cb_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id thatthe Cb colour component of the slice refers to.The TemporalId of the APS NAL unit having aps_params_type equal toALF_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to slice_cc_alf_cb_aps_idmay be less than or equal to the TemporalId of the coded slice NAL unit.When slice_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag is equal to 1 andslice_cc_alf_cb_aps_id is not present, the value ofslice_cc_alf_cb_aps_id is inferred to be equal to the value ofph_cc_alf_cb_aps_id.The value of alf_cc_cb_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit havingaps_params_type equal to ALF_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id equalto slice_cc_alf_cb_aps_id may be equal to 1.slice_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that thecross-component filter is not applied to the Cr colour component.slice_cc_alf_cb_enabled_flag equal to 1 indicates that thecross-component adaptive loop filter is enabled and may be applied tothe Cr colour component. When slice_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag is notpresent, it is inferred to be equal to ph_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag.slice_cc_alf_cr_aps_id specifies the adaptation_parameter_set_id thatthe Cr colour component of the slice refers to. The TemporalId of theAPS NAL unit having aps_params_type equal to ALF_APS andadaptation_parameter_set_id equal to slice_cc_alf_cr_aps_id may be lessthan or equal to the TemporalId of the coded slice NAL unit. Whenslice_cc_alf_cr_enabled_flag is equal to 1 and slice_cc_alf_cr_aps_id isnot present, the value of slice_cc_alf_cr_aps_id is inferred to be equalto the value of ph_cc_alf_cr_aps_id.The value of alf_cc_cr_filter_signal_flag of the APS NAL unit havingaps_params_type equal to ALF_APS and adaptation_parameter_set_id equalto slice_cc_alf_cr_aps_id may be equal to 1.colour_plane_id identifies the colour plane associated with the currentslice when separate_colour_plane_flag is equal to 1. The value ofcolour_plane_id may be in the range of 0 to 2, inclusive.colour_plane_id values 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the Y, Cb and Cr planes,respectively. The value 3 of colour_plane_id is reserved for future useby ITU-T|ISO/IEC.

-   -   NOTE 1—There is no dependency between the decoding processes of        different colour planes of one picture.        num_ref_idx_active_override_flag equal to I specifies that the        syntax element num_ref_idx_active_minus1[0] is present for P and        B slices and the syntax element num_ref_idx_active_minus1[1] is        present for B slices. num_ref_idx_active_override_flag equal to        0 specifies that the syntax elements        num_ref_idx_active_minus1[0] and num_ref_idx_active_minus1[1]        are not present. When not present, the value of        num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is inferred to be equal to 1.        num_ref_idx_active_minus1[i] is used for the derivation of the        variable NumRefIdxActive[i] as specified by Equation 143. The        value of num_ref_idx_active_minus1[i] may be in the range of 0        to 14, inclusive.        For i equal to 0 or 1, when the current slice is a B slice,        num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is equal to 1, and        num_ref_idx_active_minus1[i] is not present,        num_ref_idx_active_minus1[i] is inferred to be equal to 0.        When the current slice is a P slice,        num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is equal to 1, and        num_ref_idx_active_minus1[0] is not present,        num_ref_idx_active_minus1[0] is inferred to be equal to 0.        The variable NumRefIdxActive[i] is derived as follows:

for( i=0;i<2;i++){ if slice type = = B( slice type = = P && i = =0 ) ) {num if(num_ref_idx_active_override_flag) NumRefIdxActive[ i ] = num refidx active minus 1[ i ] + 1(143) else{ iffnum refentries i ][ RplsIdx[ i] ]>= ref idx default active minusl[i ] + 1) NumRefIdxActive i ]=num_ref_idx_default_active_minus1[ i ] + 1 else NumRefIdxActive [ i]=num_ref_entries[ i ][ RpisIdx[ i ] ] } } else /* slice_type == 1(slice_type == P && i = = 1 ) */ NumRefldx Active i ]=0The value of NumRefIdxActive[i]−1 specifies the maximum reference indexfor reference picture list i that may be used to decode the slice. Whenthe value of NumRefIdxActive[i] is equal to 0, no reference index forreference picture list i may be used to decode the slice.When the current slice is a P slice, the value of NumRefIdxActive[0] maybe greater than 0. When the current slice is a B slice, bothNumRefIdxActive[0] and NumRefIdxActive[1] may be greater than 0.cabac_init_flag specifies the method for determining the initializationtable used in the initialization process for context variables. Whencabac_init_flag is not present, it is inferred to be equal to 0.slice_collocated_from_l0_flag equal to 1 specifies that the collocatedpicture used for temporal motion vector prediction is derived fromreference picture list 0. slice_collocated_from_l0_flag equal to 0specifies that the collocated picture used for temporal motion vectorprediction is derived from reference picture list 1.When slice_type is equal to B or P, ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag isequal to 1, and slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is not present, thefollowing applies:

-   -   If rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1,        slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is inferred to be equal to        ph_collocated_from_l0_flag.    -   Otherwise (rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 0 and if slice_type        is equal to P, the value of slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is        inferred to be equal to 1.        slice_collocated_ref_idx specifies the reference index of the        collocated picture used for temporal motion vector prediction.        When slice_type is equal to P or when slice_type is equal to B        and collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 1,        slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in reference picture        list 0, and the value of slice_collocated_ref_idx may be in the        range of 0 to NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive. When slice_type        is equal to B and slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 0,        slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in reference picture        list 1, and the value of slice_collocated_ref_idx may be in the        range of 0 to NumRefIdxActive[1]−1, inclusive.        When slice_collocated_ref_idx is not present, the following        applies:    -   If rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1, the value of        slice_collocated_ref_idx is inferred to be equal to        ph_collocated_ref_idx.    -   Otherwise (rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 0), the value of        slice_collocated_ref_idx is inferred to be equal to 0.        For bitstream conformance, the picture referred to by        slice_collocated_ref_idx may be the same for all slices of a        coded picture.        For bitstream conformance, the values of        pic_width_in_luma_samples and pic_height_in_luma_samples of the        reference picture referred to by slice_collocated_ref_idx may be        equal to the values of pic_width_in_luma_samples and        pic_height_in_luma_samples, respectively, of the current        picture, and RprConstraintsActive[slice_collocated_from_l0_flag?        0:1][slice_collocated_ref_idx] may be equal to 0.        slice_qp_delta specifies the initial value of Qp_(Y) to be used        for the coding blocks in the slice until modified by the value        of CuQpDeltaVal in the coding unit layer.        When qp_delta_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 0, the initial value        of the Qp_(Y) quantization parameter for the slice, SliceQp_(Y),        is derived as follows:

SliceQp_(Y)=26+init_qp_minus26+slice_qp_delta  (144)

The value of SliceQp_(Y) may be in the range of −QpBdOffset to +63,inclusive.When either of the following conditions is true:

-   -   The value of wp_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1,        pps_weighted_pred_flag is equal to 1, and slice_type is equal to        P.    -   The value of wp_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1,        pps_weighted_bipred_flag is equal to 1, and slice_type is equal        to B.        the following applies:    -   The value of NumRefIdxActive[0] may be less than or equal to the        value of NumWeightsL0.    -   For each reference picture index RefPicList[0][i] for i in the        range of 0 to NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive, the luma weight,        Cb weight, and Cr weight that apply to the reference picture        index are LumaWeightL0[i], ChromaWeightL0[0][i], and        ChromaWeightL0[1][i], respectively.        When wp_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1, pps_weighted_bipred_flag        is equal to 1, and slice_type is equal to B, the following        applies:    -   The value of NumRefIdxActive[1] may be less than or equal to the        value of NumWeightsL1.    -   For each reference picture index RefPicList[1][i] for i in the        range of 0 to NumRefIdxActive[1]−1, inclusive, the luma weight,        Cb weight, and Cr weight that apply to the reference picture        index are LumaWeightL1[i], ChromaWeightL1[0][i], and        ChromaWeightL1[1][i], respectively.        slice_cb_qp_offset specifies a difference to be added to the        value of pps_cb_qp_offset when determining the value of the        Qp′_(Cb) quantization parameter. The value of slice_cb_qp_offset        may be in the range of −12 to +12, inclusive. When        slice_cb_qp_offset is not present, it is inferred to be equal        to 0. The value of pps_cb_qp_offset+slice_cb_qp_offset may be in        the range of −12 to +12, inclusive.        slice_cr_qp_offset specifies a difference to be added to the        value of pps_cr_qp_offset when determining the value of the        Qp′_(Cr) quantization parameter. The value of slice_cr_qp_offset        may be in the range of −12 to +12, inclusive. When        slice_cr_qp_offset is not present, it is inferred to be equal        to 0. The value of pps_cr_qp_offset+slice_cr_qp_offset may be in        the range of −12 to +12, inclusive.        slice_joint_cbcr_qp_offset specifies a difference to be added to        the value of pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value when determining the        value of the Qp′_(CbCr). The value of slice_joint_cbcr_qp_offset        may be in the range of −12 to +12, inclusive. When        slice_joint_cbcr_qp_offset is not present, it is inferred to be        equal to 0. The value of        pps_joint_cbcr_qp_offset_value+slice_joint_cbcr_qp_offset may be        in the range of −12 to +12, inclusive.        cu_chroma_qp_offset_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that the        cu_chroma_qp_offset_flag may be present in the transform unit        and palette coding syntax. cu_chroma_qp_offset_enabled_flag        equal to 0 specifies that the cu_chroma_qp_offset_flag is not        present in the transform unit or palette coding syntax. When not        present, the value of cu_chroma_qp_offset_enabled_flag is        inferred to be equal to 0.        slice_sao_luma_flag equal to 1 specifies that SAO is enabled for        the luma component in the current slice; slice_sao_luma_flag        equal to 0 specifies that SAO is disabled for the luma component        in the current slice. When slice_sao_luma_flag is not present,        it is inferred to be equal to ph_sao_luma_enabled_flag.        slice_sao_chroma_flag equal to 1 specifies that SAO is enabled        for the chroma component in the current slice;        slice_sao_chroma_flag equal to 0 specifies that SAO is disabled        for the chroma component in the current slice. When        slice_sao_chroma_flag is not present, it is inferred to be equal        to ph_sao_chroma_enabled_flag.        slice_deblocking_filter_override_flag equal to 1 specifies that        deblocking parameters are present in the slice header.        slice_deblocking_filter_override_flag equal to 0 specifies that        deblocking parameters are not present in the slice header. When        not present, the value of slice_deblocking_filter_override_flag        is inferred to be equal to ph_deblocking_filter_override_flag.        slice_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that        the operation of the deblocking filter is not applied for the        current slice. slice_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag equal to 0        specifies that the operation of the deblocking filter is applied        for the current slice. When        slice_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag is not present, it is        inferred to be equal to ph_deblocking_filter_disabled_flag.        slice_beta_offset_div2 and slice_tc_offset_div2 specify the        deblocking parameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2) that        are applied to the luma component for the current slice. The        values of slice_beta_offset_div2 and slice_tc_offset_div2 may        both be in the range of −12 to 12, inclusive. When not present,        the values of slice_beta_offset_div2 and slice_tc_offset_div2        are inferred to be equal to ph_beta_offset_div2 and        ph_tc_offset_div2, respectively.        slice_cb_beta_offset_div2 and slice_cb_tc_offset_div2 specify        the deblocking parameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2)        that are applied to the Cb component for the current slice. The        values of slice_cb_beta_offset_div2 and slice_cb_tc_offset_div2        may both be in the range of −12 to 12, inclusive. When not        present, the values of slice_cb_beta_offset_div2 and        slice_cb_tc_offset_div2 are inferred to be equal to        ph_cb_beta_offset_div2 and ph_cb_tc_offset_div2, respectively.        slice_cb_beta_offset_div2 and slice_cb_tc_offset_div2 specify        the deblocking parameter offsets for β and tC (divided by 2)        that are applied to the Cr component for the current slice. The        values of slice_cr_beta_offset_div2 and slice_cr_tc_offset_div2        may both be in the range of −12 to 12, inclusive. When not        present, the values of slice_cr_beta_offset_div2 and        slice_cr_tc_offset_div2 are inferred to be equal to        ph_cr_beta_offset_div2 and ph_cr_tc_offset_div2, respectively.        slice_ts_residual_coding_disabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that        the residual_coding( ) syntax structure is used to parse the        residual samples of a transform skip block for the current        slice. slice_ts_residual_coding_disabled_flag equal to 0        specifies that the residual_ts_coding( ) syntax structure is        used to parse the residual samples of a transform skip block for        the current slice. When slice_ts_residual_coding_disabled_flag        is not present, it is inferred to be equal to 0.        slice_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 1 specifies that luma mapping        with chroma scaling is enabled for the current slice.        slice_lmcs_enabled_flag equal to 0 specifies that luma mapping        with chroma scaling is not enabled for the current slice. When        slice_lmcs_enabled_flag is not present, it is inferred to be        equal to 0.        slice_scaling_list_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that the        scaling list data used for the current slice is derived based on        the scaling list data contained in the referenced scaling list        APS with aps_params_type equal to SCALING_APS and        adaptation_parameter_set_id equal to ph_scaling_list_aps_id.        slice_scaling_list_present_flag equal to 0 specifies that the        scaling list data used for the current picture is the default        scaling list data derived specified in clause 7.4.3.21. When not        present, the value of slice_scaling_list_present_flag is        inferred to be equal to 0. The variable NumEntryPoints, which        specifies the number of entry points in the current slice, is        derived as follows:

NumEntryPoints= 0 fori=1,i< NumCtusInCurrSlice i++){ctbAddrX=CtbAddrInCurrSlice i ]% Pi c Wi dthlnCtb s Y ctbAddrY =CtbAddrInCurrSlice i ] / PicWidthInCtbsY (145) prevCtbAddrX =CtbAddrInCurrSlice i -1 ]% Pi c w i dthlnCtb s Y prevCtbAddrY=CtbAddrInCurrSlice i - 1 ] PicWidthInCtbsY iff CtbToTileRowBd ctbAddrY]= CtbToTileRowBd[ prevCtbAddrY ] CtbToTileColBd[ ctbAddrX ] =CtbToTileColBd[ prevCtbAddrX ] j i (ctbAddrY != prevCtbAddrY &&sps_entry_point_ offsets_present_flag ) ) NumEntryPoints++ }offset_len_minus1 plus 1 specifies the length, in bits, of theentry_point_offset_minus1[i] syntax elements. The value ofoffset_len_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to 31, inclusive.entry_point_offset_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the i-th entry pointoffset in bytes, and is represented by offset_len_minus1 plus 1 bits.The slice data that follow the slice header consists of NumEntryPoints+1subsets, with subset index values ranging from 0 to NumEntryPoints,inclusive. The first byte of the slice data is considered byte 0. Whenpresent, emulation prevention bytes that appear in the slice dataportion of the coded slice NAL unit are counted as part of the slicedata for purposes of subset identification. Subset 0 consists of bytes 0to entry_point_offset_minus1[0], inclusive, of the coded slice data,subset k, with k in the range of 1 to NumEntryPoints−1, inclusive,consists of bytes firstByte[k] to lastByte[k], inclusive, of the codedslice data with firstByte[k] and lastByte[k] defined as:

firstByte k ] _k ( entry point offset minus1[n   1 ] |+1) (146) ▪▪▪▪2h=1 lastByte k ] = firstByte k ] + entry_point_offset_minus1 [ k ](i4?:The last subset (with subset index equal to NumEntryPoints) consists ofthe remaining bytes of the coded slice data.When sps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag is equal to 0 and the slicecontains one or more complete tiles, each subset may consist of allcoded bits of all CTUs in the slice that are within the same tile, andthe number of subsets (i.e., the value of NumEntryPoints+1) may be equalto the number of tiles in the slice.When sps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag is equal to 0 and the slicecontains a subset of CTU rows from a single tile, the NumEntryPoints maybe 0, and the number of subsets may be 1. The subset may consist of allcoded bits of all CTUs in the slice.When sps_entropy_coding_sync_enabled_flag is equal to 1, each subset kwith k in the range of 0 to NumEntryPoints, inclusive, may consist ofall coded bits of all CTUs in a CTU row within a tile, and the number ofsubsets (i.e., the value of NumEntryPoints+1) may be equal to the totalnumber of tile-specific CTU rows in the slice.slice_header_extension_length specifies the length of the slice headerextension data in bytes, not including the bits used for signallingslice_header_extension_length itself. The value ofslice_header_extension_length may be in the range of 0 to 256,inclusive. When not present, the value of slice_header_extension_lengthis inferred to be equal to 0.slice_header_extension_data_byte[i] may have any value. Decodersconforming to this version of this Specification may ignore the valuesof all the slice_header_extension_data_byte[i] syntax elements. Itsvalue does not affect decoder conformance to profiles specified in thisversion of specification.

Example Technical Problems Addressed by Disclosed Technical Solutions

There are several potential issues in the current design of HLS, whichare described below.

(1) The control of temporal prediction flags in SPS, picture header andslice header cause problems for P slice and/or B slice.

-   -   a) The picture header and slice level control of temporal        prediction flags may result in un-initialized collocated        pictures and/or collocated reference index for P slice.    -   b) Slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in reference        picture list 1 may be used for P slice.    -   c) For P slice, the value of slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to        an entry in reference picture list 0 may be beyond the range of        0 to NumRefIdxActive[0]−1.    -   d) The picture level and slice level temporal prediction flags        are about whether the collocated picture is from L0 or L1, and        which reference pictures are referring to, but without a        high-level control such as whether temporal prediction is        allowed, which may be not clear enough.

(2) Semantics of subpicture related syntax elements may need to bemodified for a more accurate interpretation considering the interactionof related syntax elements.

-   -   a) sps_independent_subpics_flag may be equal to 0 when there is        only one subpicture.    -   b) When there is only one slice in the subpicture, the value of        slice_width_in_tiles_minus1 may still be needed to be calculated        other than inferred.    -   c) single_slice_per_subpic_flag may be equal to 0 when there is        only one slice and/or one tile in the picture.    -   d) single_slice_per_subpic_flag is inferred to be 0 when not        present, such as when no_pic_partition_flag is equal to 1. For        bitstream conformance, the value of no_pic_partition_flag may        not be equal to 1 when the value of sps_num_subpics_minus1+1 is        greater than 1. So there is only one subpicture in a picture.        And since there is only one slice in the subpicture,        single_slice_per_subpic_flag should be equal to 1 in such a        case.

(3) Some of syntax elements are not correctly set during the subpicturesub-bitstream extraction process.

-   -   a) The syntax elements such as sps_independent_subpics_flag,        subpic_treated_as_pic_flag,        loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag, and        no_pic_partition_flag for extracted subpicture from        sub-bitstream extraction process are not written, which may not        be desirable.    -   b) The subpicture sub-bitstream extraction process is dependent        on the subpicture ID, which may be changed from        picture-to-picture basis. This would result in different        subpicture indices being extracted from different pictures,        which may not be desirable.    -   c) The sps_num_subpics_minus1 and pps_num_subpics_minus1 of        output bitstream from subpicture sub-bitstream extraction        process is written to 1, indicating two subpictures should be        extracted at a time, which may not be desirable.

(4) Syntax elements on reference picture list may be present in IDRpictures without any usage.

(5) The splitting information is said to be identical for luma andchroma for the prediction tree, which is not true.

(6) The syntax elements of coding tools are not conditioned orconstrained by the corresponding general constraint flags, and, thevalue of some general constraint flags is not conditioned by relatedconstraints, which may cause some conflicts.

-   -   a) res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag is not constrained by the        value of general constraint flag        no_res_change_in_clvs_constraint_flag.    -   b) scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag is not constrained by        no_res_change_in_clvs_constraint_flag.    -   c) scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag is not constrained by        res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag.    -   d) The value of sps_num_subpics_minus1 is not constrained by        one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag.    -   e) subpic_treated_as_pic_flag is not constrained by        one_subpic_per_pic_constraint flag and/or sps_num_subpics_minus1        and/or pps_num_subpics_minus1.    -   f) loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag is not constrained by        one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag and/or sps_num_subpics_minus1        and/or pps_num_subpics_minus1.    -   g) one_subpic_per_pic_constraint flag is not constrained by        one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag.    -   h) no_bdpcm_constraint_flag is not constrained by        no_transform_skip_constraint_flag.    -   i) num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is not constrained by        one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag.    -   j) num_tiles_in_slice_minus1 is not constrained by        one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag.

Example Techniques and Embodiments

The detailed embodiments below should be considered as examples toexplain general concepts. These embodiments should not be interpreted ina narrow way. Furthermore, these embodiments can be combined in anymanner. In below description, the deleted portions are marked between,and the added portions are marked in

Temporal Prediction Related HLS

-   1. Two level controls of TMVP may be utilized, and one is at picture    level and the other is at slice/tile/subpicture/brick level.    -   a) In one example, a first syntax element which indicates        whether there is at least one inter-coded slice referring to        this flag enables TMVP may be signalled at picture level (e.g.,        denoted by ph_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag).        -   i. In one example, it may be signalled in picture header or            PPS.        -   ii. In one example, it may be conditionally signalled, such            as according to TMVP being enabled in SPS and/or current            picture contains at least one inter coded slice and/or RPL            being present in current picture header.    -   b) In one example, a second syntax element which indicates        whether current slice enables TMVP may be signalled at slice        level (e.g., denoted by sh_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag) which may        be dependent on the first syntax element.        -   i. In one example, sh_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag may be            signalled only if ph_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag is equal            to 1. Otherwise, it is inferred to be 0.        -   ii. In one example, sh_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag may be            signalled only if ph_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag is equal            to 0. Otherwise, it is inferred to be 1.    -   c) In one example, a second syntax element which indicates        whether current slice enables TMVP may be signalled at slice        level (e.g., denoted by sh_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag) which may        be dependent on RPL being present in current slice header and/or        TMVP being enabled in SPS and/or current slice is an inter coded        slice.    -   d) In one example, a third syntax element (e.g.        tmvp_info_in_ph_flag) is signalled to indicate whether TMVP        information is signalled in picture header or slice header.        -   i. TMVP information may comprise the information of whether            to enable TMVP or not.        -   ii. TMVP information may comprise the information of            collocated reference picture.        -   iii. In one example, tmvp_info_in_ph_flag is signalled only            if TMVP is enabled at sequence level. (e.g.            sps_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is equal to 1).    -   e) In one example, the second syntax element is inferred to be        equal to a default value (such as the value of the first syntax        element) when not present. For example,        sh_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag is inferred to be equal to        ph_temporal_mvp_allowed_flag when not present.-   2. Whether and/or how to inherit the collocated picture information    from PH to SH (e.g., collocated picture is from list 0; reference    picture index of collocated picture) is at least dependent on the    slice type and whether reference picture list information is present    in the PH syntax structure (e.g., rpl_info_in_ph_flag being 1).    -   a) In one example, when slice type is equal to P,        rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1 (or/and        ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is equal to 1), the        slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is set to 1 regardless of the        value of ph_collocated_from_l0_flag.        -   i. Alternatively, when slice type is equal to P, the            slice_collocated_from_l0_flag may be inferred to be equal to            1 regardless of other conditions.    -   b) In another example, when slice_type is equal to B and        slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 1,        slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in reference picture        list 0, and the value of slice_collocated_ref_idx may be in the        range of 0 to NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive.    -   c) In one example, when slice type is equal to P,        slice_collocated_from_l0_flag may be inferred to be 1 when TMVP        is enabled.    -   d) In one example, when slice type is equal to P and TMVP is        enabled and slice_collocated_ref_idx is in the range of 0 to        NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive.    -   e) In one example, when slice type is equal to P and TMVP is        enabled, RprConstraintsActive[0][slice_collocated_ref_idx] for        the P slice may be required to be equal to 0.    -   f) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   slice_collocated_ref_idx specifies the reference index of            the collocated picture used for temporal motion vector            prediction.        -   When slice e is equal to P or when slice_type is equal to B            and            collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 1,            slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in reference            picture list 0,            and the value of slice_collocated_ref_idx may be in the            range of 0 to NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive.    -   When slice_type is equal to B and slice_collocated_from_l0_flag        is equal to 0, slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in        reference picture list 1, and the value of        slice_collocated_ref_idx may be in the range of 0 to        NumRefIdxActive[1]−1, inclusive.    -   When slice_collocated_ref_idx is not present, the following        applies:        -   If rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1, the value of            slice_collocated_ref_idx is inferred to be equal to            ph_collocated_ref_idx.        -   Otherwise (rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 0), the value of            slice_collocated_ref_idx is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   For bitstream conformance, the picture referred to by        slice_collocated_ref_idx may be the same for all slices of a        coded picture.    -   For bitstream conformance, the values of        pic_width_in_luma_samples and pic_height_in_luma_samples of the        reference picture referred to by slice_collocated_ref_idx may be        equal to the values of pic_width_in_luma_samples and        pic_height_in_luma_samples, respectively, of the current        picture, and RprConstraintsActive[slice_collocated_from_l0_flag?        0:1][slice_collocated_ref_idx] may be equal to 0.    -   g) In one example, when ph_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to        0, it may be required that the picture does not contain P        slices.        -   i. In one example, the example modifications below can be            introduced. slice_type specifies the coding type of the            slice according to Table 9.

TABLE 9 Name association to slice_type slice_type Name of slice_type 0 B(B slice) 1 P (P slice) 2 I (I slice)

-   -   When not present, the value of slice_type is inferred to be        equal to 2.

    -   When ph_intra_slice_allowed_flag is equal to 0, the value of        slice_type may be equal to 0 or 1. When nal_unit_type is in the        range of IDR_W_RADL to CRA_NUT, inclusive, and        vps_independent_layer_flag[GeneralLayerIdx[nuh_layer_id] ] is        equal to 1, slice_type may be equal to 2.

    -   -   ii. Alternatively, whether to signal a slice type may depend            on whether the collocated picture is from list 0.            -   1. In one example, if all of the following conditions                are true, signalling of slice types for slices referring                to the current picture header may be skipped.                -   rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1                -   ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is equal to 1                -   ph_intra_slice_allowed_flag is equal to 0                -   ph_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 0

Alternatively, furthermore, the slice type may be inferred to be Bslices.

-   -   h) In one example, the value of slice_collocated_from_l0_flag        for P slices may be always inferred to be equal to 1 when        ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is equal to 1 and        rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1. The example modifications        below can be introduced. slice_collocated_from_l0_flag equal to        1 specifies that the collocated picture used for temporal motion        vector prediction is derived from reference picture list 0.        slice_collocated_from_l0_flag equal to 0 specifies that the        collocated picture used for temporal motion vector prediction is        derived from reference picture list 1.

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        -   i) In one example, when slice type is equal to P and            slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 0,            slice_collocated_ref_idx may be said to refer to an inactive            entry in reference picture list 1, and it may be required            that the reference picture referred to by that inactive            entry in reference picture list 1 may also be referred to by            an active entry in reference picture list 0. The example            modifications below can be introduced.            slice_collocated_ref_idx specifies the reference index of            the collocated picture used for temporal motion vector            prediction.

    -   When slice_type is equal to P or when slice_type is equal to B        and        collocated from_l0_flag is equal to 1, slice_collocated_ref_idx        refers to an entry in reference picture list 0, and the value of        slice_collocated_ref_idx may be in the range of 0 to        NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive.

    -   When slice_type is equal to B and slice_collocated_from_l0_flag        is equal to 0, slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in        reference picture list 1, and the value of        slice_collocated_ref_idx may be in the range of 0 to        NumRefIdxActive[1]−1, inclusive.

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    -   When slice_collocated_ref_idx is not present, the following        applies:        -   If rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 1, the value of            slice_collocated_ref_idx is inferred to be equal to            ph_collocated_ref_idx.        -   Otherwise (rpl_info_in_ph_flag is equal to 0), the value of            slice_collocated_ref_idx is inferred to be equal to 0.

    -   For bitstream conformance, the picture referred to by        slice_collocated_ref_idx may be the same for all slices of a        coded picture.

    -   For bitstream conformance, the values of        pic_width_in_luma_samples and pic_height_in_luma_samples of the        reference picture referred to by slice_collocated_ref_idx may be        equal to the values of pic_width_in_luma_samples and        pic_height_in_luma_samples, respectively, of the current        picture, and RprConstraintsActive[slice_collocated_from_l0_flag?        0:1][slice_collocated_ref_idx] may be equal to 0.

    -   j) Alternatively, B and P slices referring to the same picture        header may use different collocated pictures.        -   i. In one example, even RPL is signalled in picture header,            the reference picture index of the collocated picture may be            further signalled in slice header.            -   1. In one example, when current slice is P slice, RPL is                signalled in picture header, temporal motion vector                prediction (e.g., ph_temporal_mvp_enabled_flag is true)                is enabled, and ph_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to                0, the reference picture index of collocated picture may                be further signalled.                -   a) Alternatively, furthermore, it is pointing to                    reference picture list 0.        -   ii. In one example, two collocated reference picture indices            may be signalled or derived, and one is for B slice, and the            other for P slices referring to the same picture header.            -   1. In one example, the two indices may be signalled only                when the ph_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 0.

    -   k) In one example, indication of whether there are both B and P        slices referring to the same picture header may be signalled.        -   i. Alternatively, indication of types of slices referring to            the same picture header may be signalled in the picture            header.        -   ii. Alternatively, indication of whether there are only B            slices (excluding P slices) referring to the same picture            header are existing may be signalled.        -   iii. Alternatively, indication of whether there are only P            slices (excluding B slices) referring to the same picture            header are existing may be signalled.        -   iv. Alternatively, indication of whether there are only B            and I slices referring to the same picture header are            existing may be signalled.        -   v. Alternatively, indication of whether there are only P and            I slices referring to the same picture header are existing            may be signalled.        -   vi. Alternatively, indication of types of slices referring            to the same picture header may be signalled in the picture            header only if RPL is signalled in the picture header.        -   vii. Alternatively, RPL is signalled in a picture header            only if the indication of types of slices referring to the            same picture header is signalled in the picture header.

    -   l) Alternatively, when slice_type is equal to P and        slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 0,        slice_collocated_ref_idx may be modified before being used, such        being mapped to an index being in the range of 0 to        NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive.        -   i. In one example, when slice type is equal to P and            slice_collocated_from_l0_flag is equal to 0,            slice_collocated_ref_idx refers to an entry in reference            picture list 0 and slice_collocated_ref_idx is set to            (slice_collocated_ref_idx>(NumRefIdxActive[0]−1)?            default_col_ref_idx: slice_collocated_ref_idx) wherein the            variable default_col_ref_idx is in the range of 0 to            NumRefIdxActive[0]−1, inclusive.            -   1. In one example, the variable default_col_ref_idx is                set to 0.            -   2. In one example, the variable may be signalled.        -   m) It may be not allowed in a conformance bitstream that two            slices associated with one picture header, but one of them            is a P slice and the other of them is a B slice.        -   n) It may be not allowed in a conformance bitstream that two            slices associated with one picture header in which RPL is            signalled, but one of them is a P slice and the other of            them is a B slice.        -   o) It may be not allowed in a conformance bitstream that a            slice associated with one picture header in which RPL is            signalled with two reference picture list, but the slice is            a P slice.

Subpicture Related HLS

-   3. The number of subpictures in each picture in the CLVS (e.g.,    sps_num_subpics_minus1 and/or pps_num_subpics_minus1) may be    conditioned by the general constraints flag such as    one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag.    -   a) In one example, When the general constraint flag such as        one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag is equal to 1, the value of        sps_num_subpics_minus1 and/or pps_num_subpics_minus1 may be        required to be equal to 0.    -   b) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced. sps_num_subpics_minus1 plus 1 specifies the number        of subpictures in each picture in the CLVS. The value of        sps_num_subpics_minus1 may be in the range of 0 to        Ceil(pic_width_max_in_luma_samples÷CtbSizeY)*Ceil(pic_height_max_in_luma_samples÷CtbSizeY)−1,        inclusive. When not present, the value of sps_num_subpics_minus1        is inferred to be equal to 0. When-   4. Whether the syntax element specifying for “no intra prediction,    no inter prediction and no in-loop filtering operations performed    across any subpicture boundary in the CLVS” (e.g.,    sps_independent_subpics_flag) is signalled or not may be dependent    on the number of subpictures in each picture in the CLVS (e.g.,    sps_num_subpics_minus1).    -   a) In one example, when there is only one subpicture in each        picture in the CLVS, the syntax element        sps_independent_subpics_flag may be not signalled and inferred        to be 1.    -   b) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced. sps_independent_subpics_flag equal to 1 specifies        that no intra prediction, no inter prediction and no in-loop        filtering operations may be performed across any subpicture        boundary in the CLVS. sps_independent_subpics_flag equal to 0        specifies that inter prediction or in-loop filtering operations        across the subpicture boundaries in the CLVS may be allowed.        When not present, the value of sps_independent_subpics_flag is        inferred to be equal to    -   c) In one example the example modifications below can be        introduced. sps_independent_subpics_flag equal to 1 specifies        that no intra prediction, no inter prediction and no in-loop        filtering operations may be performed across any subpicture        boundary in the CLVS. sps_independent_subpics_flag equal to 0        specifies that inter prediction or in-loop filtering operations        across the subpicture boundaries in the CLVS may be allowed.        When not present, the value of sps_independent_subpics_flag is        inferred to be equal to 0.-   5. The value of subpic_treated_as_pic_flag may be dependent on    whether there is only one subpicture in the picture.    -   a) In one example, if one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag is        equal to 1, the value of subpic_treated_as_pic_flag may be        required to be equal to 1, or inferred to be equal to 1.    -   b) In one example, if sps_num_subpics_minus1 is equal to 0, the        value of subpic_treated_as_pic_flag may be required to be equal        to 1, or inferred to be equal to 1.    -   c) In one example, if pps_num_subpics_minus1 is equal to 0, the        value of subpic_treated_as_pic_flag may be required to be equal        to 1.-   6. The value of loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag may be    dependent on whether there is only one subpicture in the picture.    -   a) In one example, if one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag is        equal to 1, the value of loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag        may be required to be equal to 0, or inferred to be equal to 0.    -   b) In one example, if sps_num_subpics_minus1 is equal to 0, the        value of loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag may be required        to be equal to 0, or inferred to be equal to 0.    -   c) In one example, if pps_num_subpics_minus1 is equal to 0, the        value of loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag may be required        to be equal to 0.-   7. Whether the width of the i-th rectangular slice in units of tile    columns (such as slice width_in_tiles_minus1) are specified or not,    may be dependent on the single_slice_per_subpic_flag.    -   a) In one example, when slice_width_in_tiles_minus1 is not        present but single_slice_per_subpic_flag is equal to 1, then the        value of slice_width_in_tiles_minus1 may be not set.    -   b) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced. slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] plus 1 specifies the        width of the i-th rectangular slice in units of tile columns.        The value of slice width_in_tiles_minus1[i] may be in the range        of 0 to NumTileColumns−1, inclusive.        -   When slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] is not present            the following applies:    -   If NumTileColumns is equal to 1, the value of        slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   Otherwise, the value of slice_width_in_tiles_minus1[i] is        inferred as specified in clause 6.5.1-   8. Whether each subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular    slice (e.g., single_slice_per_subpic_flag), may be conditioned by    the general constraint flag such as    one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag.    -   a) In another example, when the syntax element        single_slice_per_subpic_flag is not present, the value of        single_slice_per_subpic_flag may be inferred to be equal to 1.    -   b) In another example, when the syntax element        single_slice_per_subpic_flag is not present, the value of        single_slice_per_subpic_flag may be inferred according to        whether the current picture is partitioned or not (e.g.,        no_pic_partition_flag).    -   c) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 1 specifies that each            subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular slice.            single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 0 specifies that each            subpicture may consist of one or more rectangular slices.            When single_slice_per_subpic_flag is equal to 1,            num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is inferred to be equal to            sps_num_subpics_minus1.    -   d) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 1 specifies that each            subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular slice.            single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 0 specifies that each            subpicture may consist of one or more rectangular slices.            When single_slice_per_subpic_flag is equal to 1,            num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is inferred to be equal to            sps_num_subpics_minus1. When not present, the value of            single_slice_per_subpic_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   e) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 1 specifies that each            subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular slice.            single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 0 specifies that each            subpicture may consist of one or more rectangular slices.            When single_slice_per_subpic_flag is equal to 1,            num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is inferred to be equal to            sps_num_subpics_minus1. When not present, the value of            single_slice_per_subpic_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   f) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 1 specifies that each            subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular slice.            single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 0 specifies that each            subpicture may consist of one or more rectangular slices.            When single_slice_per_subpic_flag is equal to 1,            num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is inferred to be equal to            sps_num_subpics_minus1. When not present, the value of            single_slice_per_subpic_flag is inferred to be equal to 0.    -   g) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 1 specifies that each            subpicture consists of one and only one rectangular slice.            single_slice_per_subpic_flag equal to 0 specifies that each            subpicture may consist of one or more rectangular slices.            When single_slice_per_subpic_flag is equal to 1,            num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is inferred to be equal to            sps_num_subpics_minus1. When not present, the value of            single_slice_per_subpic_flag is inferred to be equal to-   9. In one example, regarding the derivation of output sub-bitstream    during the subpicture sub-bitstream extraction, the extracted    subpicture across different pictures in a CLVS may be required to    have same subpicture index.    -   a) For example, it may be required that the target subpicture ID        of extracted subpicture may refer to same subpicture index among        different pictures in a CLVS.    -   b) For example, if subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag        is equal to 1 and when subpicture sub-bitstream extraction is        processed, it may be required that the subpicture ID mapping is        NOT signalled in the PPS (e.g., subpic_id_mapping_in_pps_flag is        equal to 0).        -   i. In one example, if            subpic_id_mapping_explicitly_signalled_flag is equal to 1            and when subpicture sub-bitstream extraction is processed,            it may be required that the subpicture ID mapping is            signalled in the SPS (e.g., subpic_id_mapping_in_sps_flag is            equal to 1).    -   c) For example, which subpicture are extracted during a        subpicture sub-bitstream extraction process may be dependent on        the subpicture index.    -   d) For example, which syntax elements are rewritten and/or        removed during a subpicture sub-bitstream extraction process may        be dependent on the subpicture index.    -   e) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.

C.7 Subpicture Sub-Bitstream Extraction Process

-   -   Inputs to this process are a bitstream inBitstream, a target OLS        index targetOlsIdx, a target highest TemporalId value tIdTarget        and an array of target subpicture        values for each layer subpicId        Target[ ].    -   Output of this process is a sub-bitstream outBitstream.    -   For bitstream conformance for the input bitstream, any output        sub-bitstream that satisfies all of the following conditions may        be a conforming bitstream:        -   The output sub-bitstream is the output of the process            specified in this clause with the bitstream, targetOlsIdx            equal to an index to the list of OLSs specified by the VPS,            and subpicId            Target[ ] to subpicture IDs present in the OLS, as inputs.        -   The output sub-bitstream contains at least one VCL NAL unit            with nuh_layer_id equal to each of the nuh_layer_id values            in LayerIdInOls[targetOlsIdx].        -   The output sub-bitstream contains at least one VCL NAL unit            with TemporalId equal to tIdTarget.            -   NOTE—A conforming bitstream contains one or more coded                slice NAL units with TemporalId equal to 0, but does not                have to contain coded slice NAL units with nuh_layer_id                equal to 0.        -   The output sub-bitstream contains at least one VCL NAL unit            with nuh_layer_id equal to LayerIdInOls[targetOlsIdx][i] and            with slice_subpic_id equal to the value in subpicId            target[i] for each i in the range of 0 to            NumLayersInOls[targetOlsIdx]−1.    -   The output sub-bitstream outBitstream is derived as follows:        -   The sub-bitstream extraction process, specified in Annex            C.6, is invoked with inBitstream, targetOlsIdx, and            tIdTarget as inputs and the output of the process is            assigned to outBitstream.        -   If some external means not specified in this Specification            is available to provide replacement parameter sets for the            sub-bitstream outBitstream, replace all parameter sets with            the replacement parameter sets.        -   Otherwise, when subpicture level information SEI messages            are present in inBitstream, the following applies:            -   Rewrite the value of general_level_idc in the                ols_ptl_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry in the list of                profile_tier_level( ) syntax structures in all referred                to VPS NAL units to be equal to SubpicSetLevelIdc                derived in D.3.8 for the set of subpictures consisting                of the subpictures with subpicture ID equal to all                entries in subpicId                Target[ ].            -   Rewrite the values of                cpb_size_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j] and                bit_rate_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j] of the j-th CPB in                the ols_hrd_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry in the list of                ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structures in all referred                to VPS NAL units to correspond to                SubpicSetCpbSizeVcl[0], SubpicSetCpbSizeNal[0],                SubpicSetBitrateVcl[0], and SubpicSetBitrateNal[0] as                derived in D.3.8 for the set of subpictures consisting                of the subpictures with subpicture ID equal to all                entries in subpicId                Target[ ] and j in the range of 0 to hrd_cpb_cnt_minus1.                For the i-th layer with i in the range of 0 to                NumLayersInOls[targetOlsIdx]−1, the following applies.                -   subpicId                    is set equal to the value of subpicId                    Target[i].                -   Rewrite the value of general_level_idc in the                    profile_tier_level( ) syntax structure in all                    referred to SPS NAL units with                    sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag equal to 1 to be                    equal to SubpicSetLevelIdc derived in D.3.8 for the                    set of subpictures consisting of the subpicture with                    subpicture                    equal to subpicId                    .                -   Rewrite the values of                    cpb_size_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j] and                    bit_rate_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j] of the j-th CPB                    in the ols_hrd_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry in the                    list of ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structures in                    all referred to SPS NAL units to correspond to                    SubpicCpbSizeVcl[0][SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]],                -   SubpicCpbSizeNal[0][SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]],                -   SubpicBitrateVcl[0][SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]], and                -   SubpicBitrateNal[0][SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]] as derived in D.3.8 for the subpicture with                    subpicture                    equal to subpicId                    and j in the range of 0 to hrd_cpb_cnt_minus1.                -   Rewrite the value of the                    pic_width_max_in_luma_samples and                    pic_height_max_in_luma_samples in all referred to                    SPS NAL units and the value of                    pic_width_in_luma_samples and                    pic_height_in_luma_samples in all referred to PPS                    NAL units to be equal to                    subpic_width_minus1[SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]] and subpic_height_minus1[SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]].                -   Rewrite the value of sps_num_subpics_minus1 in all                    referred to SPS NAL units and pps_num_subpics_minus1                    in all referred to PPS NAL units to 1.                -   Rewrite the syntax elements                    subpic_ctu_top_left_x[SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]], subpic_ctu_top_left_y[SubpicId                    List[subPicId                    ]], when present, in all referred to SPS NAL units                    to 0.                -   Remove the syntax elements subpic_ctu_top_left_x[j],                    subpic_ctu_top_left_y[j], subpic_width_minus1[j],                    subpic_height_minus1[j],                    subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[j],                    loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag[j], and                    sps_subpic_id[j] in all referred to SPS NAL units                    and for each j for which SubpicId                    List[j] is not equal to subPicId                    .                -   Rewrite the tiling and slice structure related                    syntax elements in all referred to PPS to remove all                    tiles rows, tile columns and slices that are not                    associated to the subpicture with a subpicture ID                    equal to subPicIdx.                -   Remove from outBitstream all VCL NAL units with                    nuh_layer_id equal to nuh_layer_id of the i-th layer                    and with slice_subpic_id not equal to subPicIdx.            -   When sli_cbr_constraint_flag is equal to 1, remove all                NAL units with nal_unit_type equal to FD_NUT and filler                payload SEI messages that are not associated with the                VCL NAL units of a subpicture in subpicId                Target[ ] and set cbr_flag[tIdTarget][j] equal to 1 of                the j-th CPB in the ols_hrd_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry                in the list of ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structures                in all referred to VPS NAL units and SPS NAL units and j                in the range of 0 to hrd_cpb_cnt_minus1. Otherwise,                (sli_cbr_constraint_flag is equal to 0), remove all NAL                units with nal_unit_type equal to FD_NUT and filler                payload SEI messages and set cbr_flag[tIdTarget][j]                equal to 0.            -   When outBitstream contains SEI NAL units that contain a                scalable nesting SEI message with nesting_ols_flag equal                to 1 and nesting_subpic_flag equal to 1 that are                applicable to outBitstream, extract appropriate                non-scalable-nested SEI message with payloadType equal                to 1 (picture timing), or 130 (decoding unit                information) from the scalable nesting SEI message and                place the extracted SEI messages into outBitstream.

-   10. In one example, regarding the derivation of output sub-bitstream    during the subpicture sub-bitstream extraction, the extracted    sub-bitstream may be treated as a single subpicture in the output    bitstream.    -   a) In one example, the syntax element        sps_independent_subpics_flag may be rewritten to be equal to 1        for syntax structures referred to the output sub-bitstream with        extracted subpicture.    -   b) In one example, the syntax elements        subpic_treated_as_pic_flag and/or        loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag referred to the extracted        subpicture in all output layers may be not signalled (e.g., may        be removed) from syntax structures of the output sub-bitstream.        -   i. In one example, the syntax element            subpic_treated_as_pic_flag may be inferred to be equal to 1            for syntax structures referred to the output sub-bitstream            with extracted subpicture.        -   ii. In one example, the syntax element            loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag may be inferred to be            equal to 0 for syntax structures referred to the output            sub-bitstream with extracted subpicture.    -   c) In one example, the value of sps_num_subpics_minus1 in all        referred to SPS NAL units and pps_num_subpics_minus1 in all        referred to PPS NAL units with extracted subpicture may be        rewritten to be equal to 0.    -   d) In one example, the syntax element no_pic_partition_flag may        be rewritten for syntax structures referred to the output        sub-bitstream with extracted subpicture.        -   i. For example, whether the syntax element            no_pic_partition_flag is rewritten or not may be dependent            on the number of tile/slice in the output bitstream            containing the extracted subpicture.            -   1. In one example, if there is only one tile and only                one slice in the extracted subpicture, then the syntax                element no_pic_partition_flag may be rewritten to be                equal to 1 for syntax structures referred to the output                sub-bitstream with extracted subpicture.            -   2. Alternatively, if the number of tiles and/or slices                in the extracted subpicture is greater than 1, then the                syntax element no_pic_partition_flag may be equal to 0                for syntax structures referred to the output                sub-bitstream with extracted subpicture.    -   e) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.

C.7 Subpicture Sub-Bitstream Extraction Process

The output sub-bitstream outBitstream is derived as follows:

-   -   The sub-bitstream extraction process, specified in Annex C.6, is        invoked with inBitstream, targetOlsIdx, and tIdTarget as inputs        and the output of the process is assigned to outBitstream.    -   If some external means not specified in this Specification is        available to provide replacement parameter sets for the        sub-bitstream outBitstream, replace all parameter sets with the        replacement parameter sets.    -   Otherwise, when subpicture level information SEI messages are        present in inBitstream, the following applies:        -   Rewrite the value of general_level_idc in the            ols_ptl_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry in the list of            profile_tier_level( ) syntax structures in all referred to            VPS NAL units to be equal to SubpicSetLevelIdc derived in            D.3.8 for the set of subpictures consisting of the            subpictures with subpicture ID equal to all entries in            subpicIdTarget[ ].        -   Rewrite the values of cpb_size_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j]            and bit_rate_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j] of the j-th CPB in            the ols_hrd_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry in the list of            ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structures in all referred to            VPS NAL units to correspond to SubpicSetCpbSizeVcl[0],            SubpicSetCpbSizeNal[0], SubpicSetBitrateVcl[0], and            SubpicSetBitrateNal[0] as derived in D.3.8 for the set of            subpictures consisting of the subpictures with subpicture ID            equal to all entries in subpicIdTarget[ ] and j in the range            of 0 to hrd_cpb_cnt_minus1. For the i-th layer with i in the            range of 0 to NumLayersInOls[targetOlsIdx]−1, the following            applies.            -   subpicId is set equal to the value of subpicIdTarget[i].

            -   Rewrite the value of general_level_idc in the                profile_tier_level( ) syntax structure in all referred                to SPS NAL units with                sps_ptl_dpb_hrd_params_present_flag equal to 1 to be                equal to SubpicSetLevelIdc derived in D.3.8 for the set                of subpictures consisting of the subpicture with                subpicture ID equal to subpicId.

            -   Rewrite the values of                cpb_size_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j] and                bit_rate_value_minus1[tIdTarget][j] of the j-th CPB in                the ols_hrd_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry in the list of                ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structures in all referred                to SPS NAL units to correspond to                SubpicCpbSizeVcl[0][SubpicIdList[subPicId]],                SubpicCpbSizeNal[0][SubpicIdList[subPicId]],                SubpicBitrateVcl[0][SubpicIdList[subPicId]], and                SubpicBitrateNal[0][SubpicIdList[subPicId]] as derived                in D.3.8 for the subpicture with subpicture ID equal to                subpicId and j in the range of 0 to hrd_cpb_cnt_minus1.

            -   Rewrite the value of the pic_width_max_in_luma_samples                and pic_height_max_in_luma_samples in all referred to                SPS NAL units and the value of pic_width_in_luma_samples                and pic_height_in_luma_samples in all referred to PPS                NAL units to be equal to                subpic_width_minus1[SubpicIdList[subPicId]] and                subpic_height_minus1[SubpicIdList[subPicId]].

            -   Rewrite the value of sps_num_subpics_minus1 in all                referred to SPS NAL units and pps_num_subpics_minus1 in                all referred to PPS NAL units to 1.

            -   Rewrite the syntax elements                subpic_ctu_top_left_x[SubpicIdList[subPicId]],                subpic_ctu_top_left_y[SubpicIdList[subPicId]], when                present, in all referred to SPS NAL units to 0.

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            -   Remove the syntax elements subpic_ctu_top_left_x[j],                subpic_ctu_top_left_y[j], subpic_width_minus[j],                subpic_height_minus1[j], subpic_treated_as_pic_flag[j],                loop_filter_across_subpic_enabled_flag[j], and                sps_subpic_id[j] in all referred to SPS NAL units and                for each j for which SubpicIdList[j] is not equal to                subPicId.

            -   Rewrite the tiling and slice structure related syntax                elements in all referred to PPS to remove all tiles                rows, tile columns and slices that are not associated to                the subpicture with a subpicture ID equal to subPicId.

            -   Remove from outBitstream all VCL NAL units with                nuh_layer_id equal to nuh_layer_id of the i-th layer and                with slice_subpic_id not equal to subPicId.        -   When sli_cbr_constraint_flag is equal to 1, remove all NAL            units with nal_unit_type equal to FD_NUT and filler payload            SEI messages that are not associated with the VCL NAL units            of a subpicture in subpicIdTarget[ ] and set            cbr_flag[tIdTarget][j] equal to 1 of the j-th CPB in the            ols_hrd_idx[targetOlsIdx]-th entry in the list of            ols_hrd_parameters( ) syntax structures in all referred to            VPS NAL units and SPS NAL units and j in the range of 0 to            hrd_cpb_cnt_fixminus1. Otherwise, (sli_cbr_constraint_flag            is equal to 0), remove all NAL units with nal_unit_type            equal to FD_NUT and filler payload SEI messages and set            cbr_flag[tIdTarget][j] equal to 0.

NAL Unit Related HLS

-   11. The reference picture list syntax elements may be present in    slice headers of IDR pictures, i.e., sps_idr_rpl_present_flag may be    equal to 1, for the case of bitstream merging.    -   a) In one example, when an output bitstream (e.g.,        mixed_nalu_types_in_pic_flag is equal to 1) is merged from two        input bitstreams during bitstream merging, and the NAL unit type        of one of the input bitstream may be IRAP VCL NAL unit type such        as IDR, it may be required that the RPL of the IDR bitstream        should be available (i.e., sps_idr_rpl_present_flag is equal to        1 for that IDR input bitstream).    -   b) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   sps_idr_rpl_present_flag equal to 1 specifies that reference            picture list syntax elements are present in slice headers of            IDR pictures. sps_idr_rpl_present_flag equal to 0 specifies            that reference picture list syntax elements are not present            in slice headers of IDR pictures.            -   

Splitting Related

-   12. The block (i.e., CTB, TB, PB, CB, and etc.) splitting    information for luma and chroma may be different for the prediction    tree.    -   a) In one example, the block splitting structure, and/or the        splitting syntax elements for luma and chroma may be different        in case of chroma dual tree.    -   b) In one example, the block splitting structure, and/or the        splitting syntax elements for luma and chroma may be different        in case of local dual tree.    -   c) In one example, the example modifications below can be        introduced.        -   The coding block is the root node of two trees, the            prediction tree and the transform tree. The prediction tree            specifies the position and size of prediction blocks. The            transform tree specifies the position and size of transform            blocks. The splitting information for luma and chroma            identical for the prediction tree and may or may not be            identical for the transform tree.

General Constraint Flags

-   13. The syntax elements in parameter sets (such as SPS/VPS/PPS)    and/or picture header and/or slice header may be conditioned by the    general constraint flags.    -   a) In one example, the enabled flags for coding tools may be        conditioned by the corresponding general constraint flags.        -   i. In one example, the enabled flag may be equal to 0, when            the corresponding general constraint flag is 1.        -   ii. In one example, the enabled flag may be overridden by            the corresponding general constraint flag. For example, if            the general constraint flag is 1, the corresponding enabled            flag may be set to be 0.    -   b) In one example, whether the enabled flags is signalled or not        may depend on the corresponding general constraint flags.        -   i. In one example, the enabled flag may be not present if            the corresponding general constraint flag is 1.        -   ii. In one example, the enabled flag may be inferred to be 0            if it is not present.-   14. Whether the picture spatial resolution may change within a CLVS    referring to the SPS (e.g., res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag), may be    conditioned by the general constraint flag such as    no_res_change_in_civs_constraint_flag.    -   a) In one example, res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag may be not        present, when the syntax no_res_change_in_clvs_constraint_flag        is equal to 1.    -   b) In one example, res_change_in_clvs_allowed flag may be        inferred to be equal to 0, when the syntax        res_change_in_clvs_allowed flag is not present.-   15. Whether the scaling window offset parameters are present in the    PPS (e.g. scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag), may depend on    whether the picture spatial resolution changes within a CLVS    referring to the SPS (e.g. res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag) and/or    the general constraint flag such as    no_res_change_in_clvs_constraint_flag.    -   a) In one example, scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag may        be inferred to be equal to 0, when the syntax        scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag is not present.    -   b) In one example, scaling_window_explicit_signalling_fiag may        be not present, when res_change_in_clvs_allowed_flag is equal to        0.    -   c) In one example, scaling_window_explicit_signalling_flag may        be not present, when no_res_change_in_clvs_constraint_flag is        equal to 1.-   16. Whether one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag is present may depend    on the syntax one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag.    -   a) In one example, when one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag is        equal to 1, one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag may be not        present and may be inferred to be 1.    -   b) In one example, when one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag is        equal to 0, one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag may be present.-   17. The general constraint flag no_bdpcm_constraint_flag may be    conditioned by the general constraint flag    no_transform_skip_constraint_flag.    -   a) In one example, the general constraint flag        no_bdpcm_constraint_flag may be 1, if the general constraint        flag no_transform_skip_constraint_flag is equal to 1.    -   b) In one example, whether the general constraint flag        no_bdpcm_constraint_flag is signalled or not may depend on the        syntax no_transform_skip_constraint_flag.        -   i. In one example, the general constraint flag            no_bdpcm_constraint_flag may be not present, when            no_transform_skip_constraint_flag is equal to 1.        -   ii. In one example, the syntax no_bdpcm_constraint_flag is            inferred to be 1, when no_bdpcm_constraint_flag is not            present.-   18. Whether one general constraint flag is signalled or not may    depend on other general constraint flags.    -   a) In one example, several constraint group flags may be        defined, and other general constraint flags may be conditioned        by these constraint group flags.        -   i. In one example, the constraint flags may be grouped            according to tool types (including but not limited to            prediction, transform, quantization, inter, intra) or            profile.        -   ii. In one example, the constraint flags belonging to one            group may be derived from the corresponding constraint group            flag.        -   iii. In one example, whether the constraint flags belonging            to one group are signalled or not may depend on the            corresponding constraint group flag. For example, the            constraint flags belonging to this group may be not            signalled, when the constraint group flag is 0.

Semantics of General Constraint Flags

-   19. In one example, the example modifications below can be    introduced.    -   one_tile_per_pic_constraint_flag equal to 1 specifies that each        picture may contain only one tile,        one_tile_per_pic_constraint_flag equal to 0 does not impose such        a constraint.-   20. In one example, the example modifications below can be    introduced.    -   one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag equal to 1 specifies that each        picture may contain only one slice        -   

        -               one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag equal to 0 does not impose            such a constraint.-   21. In one example, the example modifications below can be    introduced.    -   one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag equal to 1 specifies that        each picture may contain only one        one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag equal to 0 does not impose        such a constraint. When one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag is        equal to 1, the value of one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag may        be equal to 1.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example video processing system 100in which various techniques disclosed herein may be implemented. Variousimplementations may include some or all of the components of the system100. The system 100 may include input 102 for receiving video content.The video content may be received in a raw or uncompressed format, e.g.,8 or 10 bit multi-component pixel values, or may be in a compressed orencoded format. The input 102 may represent a network interface, aperipheral bus interface, or a storage interface. Examples of networkinterface include wired interfaces such as Ethernet, passive opticalnetwork (PON), etc. and wireless interfaces such as Wi-Fi or cellularinterfaces.

The system 100 may include a coding component 104 that may implement thevarious coding or encoding methods described in the present document.The coding component 104 may reduce the average bitrate of video fromthe input 102 to the output of the coding component 104 to produce acoded representation of the video. The coding techniques are thereforesometimes called video compression or video transcoding techniques. Theoutput of the coding component 104 may be either stored, or transmittedvia a communication connected, as represented by the component 106. Thestored or communicated bitstream (or coded) representation of the videoreceived at the input 102 may be used by the component 108 forgenerating pixel values or displayable video that is sent to a displayinterface 110. The process of generating user-viewable video from thebitstream representation is sometimes called video decompression.Furthermore, while certain video processing operations are referred toas “coding” operations or tools, it will be appreciated that the codingtools or operations are used at an encoder and corresponding decodingtools or operations that reverse the results of the coding will beperformed by a decoder.

Examples of a peripheral bus interface or a display interface mayinclude universal serial bus (USB) or high definition multimediainterface (HDMI) or Displayport, and so on. Examples of storageinterfaces include serial advanced technology attachment (SATA),peripheral component interconnect (PCI), integrated drive electronics(IDE) interface, and the like. The techniques described in the presentdocument may be embodied in various electronic devices such as mobilephones, laptops, smartphones or other devices that are capable ofperforming digital data processing and/or video display.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a video processing apparatus 3600. Theapparatus 3600 may be used to implement one or more of the methodsdescribed herein. The apparatus 3600 may be embodied in a smartphone,tablet, computer, Internet of Things (IoT) receiver, and so on. Theapparatus 3600 may include one or more processors 3602, one or morememories 3604 and video processing hardware 3606. The processor(s) 3602may be configured to implement one or more methods described in thepresent document. The memory (memories) 3604 may be used for storingdata and code used for implementing the methods and techniques describedherein. The video processing hardware 3606 may be used to implement, inhardware circuitry, some techniques described in the present document.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram that illustrates an example video codingsystem 100 that may utilize the techniques of this disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 4 , video coding system 100 may include a source device110 and a destination device 120. Source device 110 generates encodedvideo data which may be referred to as a video encoding device.Destination device 120 may decode the encoded video data generated bysource device 110 which may be referred to as a video decoding device.

Source device 110 may include a video source 112, a video encoder 114,and an input/output (I/O) interface 116.

Video source 112 may include a source such as a video capture device, aninterface to receive video data from a video content provider, and/or acomputer graphics system for generating video data, or a combination ofsuch sources. The video data may comprise one or more pictures. Videoencoder 114 encodes the video data from video source 112 to generate abitstream. The bitstream may include a sequence of bits that form acoded representation of the video data. The bitstream may include codedpictures and associated data. The coded picture is a codedrepresentation of a picture. The associated data may include sequenceparameter sets, picture parameter sets, and other syntax structures. I/Ointerface 116 may include a modulator/demodulator (modem) and/or atransmitter. The encoded video data may be transmitted directly todestination device 120 via I/O interface 116 through network 130 a. Theencoded video data may also be stored onto a storage medium/server 130 bfor access by destination device 120.

Destination device 120 may include an I/O interface 126, a video decoder124, and a display device 122.

I/O interface 126 may include a receiver and/or a modem. I/O interface126 may acquire encoded video data from the source device 110 or thestorage medium/server 130 b. Video decoder 124 may decode the encodedvideo data. Display device 122 may display the decoded video data to auser. Display device 122 may be integrated with the destination device120, or may be external to destination device 120 which be configured tointerface with an external display device.

Video encoder 114 and video decoder 124 may operate according to a videocompression standard, such as the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)standard, Versatile Video Coding (VVM) standard and other current and/orfurther standards.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of video encoder 200,which may be video encoder 114 in the system 100 illustrated in FIG. 4 .

Video encoder 200 may be configured to perform any or all of thetechniques of this disclosure. In the example of FIG. 5 , video encoder200 includes a plurality of functional components. The techniquesdescribed in this disclosure may be shared among the various componentsof video encoder 200. In some examples, a processor may be configured toperform any or all of the techniques described in this disclosure.

The functional components of video encoder 200 may include a partitionunit 201, a predication unit 202 which may include a mode select unit203, a motion estimation unit 204, a motion compensation unit 205, anintra prediction unit 206, a residual generation unit 207, a transformunit 208, a quantization unit 209, an inverse quantization unit 210, aninverse transform unit 211, a reconstruction unit 212, a buffer 213, andan entropy encoding unit 214.

In other examples, video encoder 200 may include more, fewer, ordifferent functional components. In an example, predication unit 202 mayinclude an intra block copy (IBC) unit. The IBC unit may performpredication in an IBC mode in which at least one reference picture is apicture where the current video block is located.

Furthermore, some components, such as motion estimation unit 204 andmotion compensation unit 205 may be highly integrated, but arerepresented in the example of FIG. 5 separately for purposes ofexplanation.

Partition unit 201 may partition a picture into one or more videoblocks. Video encoder 200 and video decoder 300 may support variousvideo block sizes.

Mode select unit 203 may select one of the coding modes, intra or inter,e.g., based on error results, and provide the resulting intra- orinter-coded block to a residual generation unit 207 to generate residualblock data and to a reconstruction unit 212 to reconstruct the encodedblock for use as a reference picture. In some example, mode select unit203 may select a combination of intra and inter predication (CIIP) modein which the predication is based on an inter predication signal and anintra predication signal. Mode select unit 203 may also select aresolution for a motion vector (e.g., a sub-pixel or integer pixelprecision) for the block in the case of inter-predication.

To perform inter prediction on a current video block, motion estimationunit 204 may generate motion information for the current video block bycomparing one or more reference frames from buffer 213 to the currentvideo block. Motion compensation unit 205 may determine a predictedvideo block for the current video block based on the motion informationand decoded samples of pictures from buffer 213 other than the pictureassociated with the current video block.

Motion estimation unit 204 and motion compensation unit 205 may performdifferent operations for a current video block, for example, dependingon whether the current video block is in an I slice, a P slice, or a Bslice.

In some examples, motion estimation unit 204 may perform uni-directionalprediction for the current video block, and motion estimation unit 204may search reference pictures of list 0 or list 1 for a reference videoblock for the current video block. Motion estimation unit 204 may thengenerate a reference index that indicates the reference picture in list0 or list 1 that contains the reference video block and a motion vectorthat indicates a spatial displacement between the current video blockand the reference video block. Motion estimation unit 204 may output thereference index, a prediction direction indicator, and the motion vectoras the motion information of the current video block. Motioncompensation unit 205 may generate the predicted video block of thecurrent block based on the reference video block indicated by the motioninformation of the current video block.

In other examples, motion estimation unit 204 may perform bi-directionalprediction for the current video block, motion estimation unit 204 maysearch the reference pictures in list 0 for a reference video block forthe current video block and may also search the reference pictures inlist 1 for another reference video block for the current video block.Motion estimation unit 204 may then generate reference indexes thatindicate the reference pictures in list 0 and list 1 containing thereference video blocks and motion vectors that indicate spatialdisplacements between the reference video blocks and the current videoblock. Motion estimation unit 204 may output the reference indexes andthe motion vectors of the current video block as the motion informationof the current video block. Motion compensation unit 205 may generatethe predicted video block of the current video block based on thereference video blocks indicated by the motion information of thecurrent video block.

In some examples, motion estimation unit 204 may output a full set ofmotion information for decoding processing of a decoder.

In some examples, motion estimation unit 204 may not output a full setof motion information for the current video. Rather, motion estimationunit 204 may signal the motion information of the current video blockwith reference to the motion information of another video block. Forexample, motion estimation unit 204 may determine that the motioninformation of the current video block is sufficiently similar to themotion information of a neighboring video block.

In one example, motion estimation unit 204 may indicate, in a syntaxstructure associated with the current video block, a value thatindicates to the video decoder 300 that the current video block has thesame motion information as the other video block.

In another example, motion estimation unit 204 may identify, in a syntaxstructure associated with the current video block, another video blockand a motion vector difference (MVD). The motion vector differenceindicates a difference between the motion vector of the current videoblock and the motion vector of the indicated video block. The videodecoder 300 may use the motion vector of the indicated video block andthe motion vector difference to determine the motion vector of thecurrent video block.

As discussed above, video encoder 200 may predictively signal the motionvector. Two examples of predictive signalling techniques that may beimplemented by video encoder 200 include advanced motion vectorpredication (AMVP) and merge mode signalling.

Intra prediction unit 206 may perform intra prediction on the currentvideo block. When intra prediction unit 206 performs intra prediction onthe current video block, intra prediction unit 206 may generateprediction data for the current video block based on decoded samples ofother video blocks in the same picture. The prediction data for thecurrent video block may include a predicted video block and varioussyntax elements.

Residual generation unit 207 may generate residual data for the currentvideo block by subtracting (e.g., indicated by the minus sign) thepredicted video block(s) of the current video block from the currentvideo block. The residual data of the current video block may includeresidual video blocks that correspond to different sample components ofthe samples in the current video block.

In other examples, there may be no residual data for the current videoblock for the current video block, for example in a skip mode, andresidual generation unit 207 may not perform the subtracting operation.

Transform processing unit 208 may generate one or more transformcoefficient video blocks for the current video block by applying one ormore transforms to a residual video block associated with the currentvideo block.

After transform processing unit 208 generates a transform coefficientvideo block associated with the current video block, quantization unit209 may quantize the transform coefficient video block associated withthe current video block based on one or more quantization parameter (QP)values associated with the current video block.

Inverse quantization unit 210 and inverse transform unit 211 may applyinverse quantization and inverse transforms to the transform coefficientvideo block, respectively, to reconstruct a residual video block fromthe transform coefficient video block. Reconstruction unit 212 may addthe reconstructed residual video block to corresponding samples from oneor more predicted video blocks generated by the predication unit 202 toproduce a reconstructed video block associated with the current blockfor storage in the buffer 213.

After reconstruction unit 212 reconstructs the video block, loopfiltering operation may be performed to reduce video blocking artifactsin the video block.

Entropy encoding unit 214 may receive data from other functionalcomponents of the video encoder 200. When entropy encoding unit 214receives the data, entropy encoding unit 214 may perform one or moreentropy encoding operations to generate entropy encoded data and outputa bitstream that includes the entropy encoded data.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of video decoder 300which may be video decoder 124 in the system 100 illustrated in FIG. 4 .

The video decoder 300 may be configured to perform any or all of thetechniques of this disclosure. In the example of FIG. 6 , the videodecoder 300 includes a plurality of functional components. Thetechniques described in this disclosure may be shared among the variouscomponents of the video decoder 300. In some examples, a processor maybe configured to perform any or all of the techniques described in thisdisclosure.

In the example of FIG. 6 , video decoder 300 includes an entropydecoding unit 301, a motion compensation unit 302, an intra predictionunit 303, an inverse quantization unit 304, an inverse transformationunit 305, and a reconstruction unit 306 and a buffer 307. Video decoder300 may, in some examples, perform a decoding pass generally reciprocalto the encoding pass described with respect to video encoder 200 (FIG. 5).

Entropy decoding unit 301 may retrieve an encoded bitstream. The encodedbitstream may include entropy coded video data (e.g., encoded blocks ofvideo data). Entropy decoding unit 301 may decode the entropy codedvideo data, and from the entropy decoded video data, motion compensationunit 302 may determine motion information including motion vectors,motion vector precision, reference picture list indexes, and othermotion information. Motion compensation unit 302 may, for example,determine such information by performing the AMVP and merge mode.

Motion compensation unit 302 may produce motion compensated blocks,possibly performing interpolation based on interpolation filters.Identifiers for interpolation filters to be used with sub-pixelprecision may be included in the syntax elements.

Motion compensation unit 302 may use interpolation filters as used byvideo encoder 200 during encoding of the video block to calculateinterpolated values for sub-integer pixels of a reference block. Motioncompensation unit 302 may determine the interpolation filters used byvideo encoder 200 according to received syntax information and use theinterpolation filters to produce predictive blocks.

Motion compensation unit 302 may use some of the syntax information todetermine sizes of blocks used to encode frame(s) and/or slice(s) of theencoded video sequence, partition information that describes how eachmacroblock of a picture of the encoded video sequence is partitioned,modes indicating how each partition is encoded, one or more referenceframes (and reference frame lists) for each inter-encoded block, andother information to decode the encoded video sequence.o hyphen

Intra prediction unit 303 may use intra prediction modes for examplereceived in the bitstream to form a prediction block from spatiallyadjacent blocks. Inverse quantization unit 304 inverse quantizes, i.e.,de-quantizes, the quantized video block coefficients provided in thebitstream and decoded by entropy decoding unit 301. Inverse transformunit 305 applies an inverse transform.

Reconstruction unit 306 may sum the residual blocks with thecorresponding prediction blocks generated by motion compensation unit302 or intra prediction unit 303 to form decoded blocks. If desired, adeblocking filter may also be applied to filter the decoded blocks inorder to remove blockiness artifacts. The decoded video blocks are thenstored in buffer 307, which provides reference blocks for subsequentmotion compensation/intra predication and also produces decoded videofor presentation on a display device.

A listing of solutions preferred by some embodiments is provided next.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 1).

1. A method of video processing (e.g., method 3000 depicted in FIG. 3 ),comprising. performing (3002) a conversion between a video unit in avideo region of a video and a coded representation of the video, whereinthe coded representation conforms to a syntax rule. The rule specifiesthat a first indicator at a video picture level and a second indicatorat the video region level are indicative of use of a temporal motionvector prediction coding tool during the conversion. The rule specifiesa condition under which the first indicator and/or the second indicatorare omitted in the coded representation.

2. The method of solution 1, wherein the first indicator indicateswhether any video regions in the video picture is the temporal motionvector prediction coding tool.

3. The method of any of solutions 1-2, wherein the second indicatorindicates enablement of the temporal motion vector prediction codingtool at the video region level.

4. The method of any of solutions 1-3, wherein the second indicator isomitted from the coded representation, and wherein, at a decoder, thesecond indicator is inferred to have a specific value.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 2)

5. A video processing method, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video and a codedrepresentation of the video, wherein the coded representation conformsto a syntax rule; wherein the syntax rule specifies that information ofa header at the video region level is inferred as information of aheader at the video unit level.

6. The information of solution 1, wherein the video unit is a videoslice and the video region is a video picture.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 3)

7. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video comprising multiplepictures organized as a layer-wise video sequence and a codedrepresentation of the video; wherein one or more fields in the codedrepresentation indicate a number of subpictures in the video unit.

8. The method of solution 7, wherein the video unit is a video picture.

9. The method of solution 7, wherein a first field of the one or morefields indicates a constraint on the number of subpictures at the videoregion level, and a second field is limited to zero value in case thatthe first field indicates that the constraint is enabled.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 4)

10. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video comprising multiplepictures organized as a layer-wise video sequence and a codedrepresentation of the video; wherein the coded representation conformsto a format rule that specifies that a value of a second fieldindicative of a number of subpictures in the video unit controls whethera second field indicating applicability of a cross-subpicture codingtool to the conversion.

11. The method of solution 10, wherein the video unit is a videopicture.

12. The method of any of solutions 10-11, wherein the video region is avideo sequence.

13. The method of any of solutions 10-12, wherein the cross-subpicturecoding tools includes an intra coding tool or an inter coding tool or ain-loop filtering tool.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., items 5, 6)

14. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video comprising multiplepictures organized as a layer-wise video sequence and a codedrepresentation of the video; wherein the coded representation conformsto a format rule that specifies that a number of subpictures per videounit controls a value of a syntax element in the coded representation.

15. The method of solution 14, wherein the value of syntax element isindicative of whether a subpicture is treated as a video picture.

16. The method of solution 14, wherein the value of syntax element isindicative of whether loop filtering is enabled across subpictures.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., items 7, 8)

17. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video comprising multiplepictures organized as a layer-wise video sequence and a codedrepresentation of the video; wherein the coded representation conformsto a format rule that specifies that a value of a field indicative ofwhether a single video slice occurs in a video unit controls a codingcharacteristic of rectangular slices of the video.

18. The method of solution 17, wherein the coding characteristiccomprises whether a width of a rectangular slice is specified in unitsof tile columns in the video unit.

19. The method of solution 17, wherein the coding characteristiccomprises whether a single slice is included in the subpicture.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 9).

20. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video comprising multiplepictures organized as a layer-wise video sequence and a codedrepresentation of the video; wherein the coded representation conformsto a syntax rule that extracted subpictures across different pictures inthe coded representation of the layer-wide video sequence have a samesubpicture index.

21. The method of solution 20, wherein the format rule specifies thatsubpictures are extracted during decoding of the coded representationbased on subpicture indexes.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 10)

22. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video comprising multiplepictures organized as a layer-wise video sequence and a codedrepresentation of the video; wherein the coded representation conformsto a syntax rule that a sub-bitstream extracted for a subpicturesub-bitstream conforms to a format of a single subpicture.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 13)

23. A method of video processing, comprising: performing a conversionbetween a video unit in a video region of a video comprising multiplepictures organized as a layer-wise video sequence and a codedrepresentation of the video; wherein the coded representation conformsto a format rule that specifies inclusion of one or more constraintflags that control occurrence of one or more syntax elements in a syntaxstructure in the coded representation.

24. The method of solution 23, wherein the syntax structure is asequence parameter set or a video parameter set or a picture parameterset or a picture header or a slice header.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 14).

25. The method of any of solution 23-24, wherein the one or more syntaxelements indicate a picture resolution change within the codedrepresentation.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 15).

26. The method of any of solutions 23-24, wherein the one or more syntaxelements indicate scaling window offset parameters for the conversion.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 16)

27. The method of any of solutions 23-24, wherein the one or moreconstraint flags includes a flag indicative of whether one slice perpicture constraint is enabled.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 17).

28. The method of any of solutions 23-24, wherein the one or moreconstraint flags includes a flag indicating whether transform is skippedduring the conversion.

The following solutions show example embodiments of techniques discussedin the previous section (e.g., item 18).

29. The method of any of solutions 23-28, wherein a first constraintflag from one or more constraint flags controls occurrence of a secondconstraint flag in the coded representation.

30. The method of any of solutions 23-29, wherein the syntax rulespecifies that the one or more constraint flags include a group ofconstraint flags that is grouped according to a coding tool type or acoding profile used for the conversion of the video.

31. The method of any of above solutions, wherein the video unitcorresponds to a video picture.

32. The method of any of above solutions, wherein the video regioncorresponds to a video sequence.

33. The method of any of solutions 1 to 32, wherein the conversioncomprises encoding the video into the coded representation.

34. The method of any of solutions 1 to 32, wherein the conversioncomprises decoding the coded representation to generate pixel values ofthe video.

35. A video decoding apparatus comprising a processor configured toimplement a method recited in one or more of solutions 1 to 34.

36. A video encoding apparatus comprising a processor configured toimplement a method recited in one or more of solutions 1 to 34.

37. A computer program product having computer code stored thereon, thecode, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement amethod recited in any of solutions 1 to 34.

38. A method, apparatus or system described in the present document.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart representation of a method 700 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 700includes, at operation 710, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes a video slice and a bitstreamof the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that aslice type of the video slice determines a manner by which certaininformation from a picture header for the video picture is inherited bya slice header of the video slice.

In some embodiments, the format rule specifies that the manner isfurther determined based on whether reference picture list informationis present in the picture header. In some embodiments, the certaininformation comprises at least one of: whether a collocated picture usedfor temporal motion vector prediction is from a reference list 0, or areference picture index of the collocated picture. In some embodiments,the format rule specifies that the manner is further based on whether atemporal motion vector prediction is enabled for the video slice. Insome embodiments, a first syntax element in the picture header of thevideo picture indicates whether the temporal motion vector prediction isenabled for the video picture, and in case the slice type of the videoslice is P and the first syntax element is equal to 1, the mannerspecifies that a value of a second syntax element in the slice header ofthe video slice indicating which reference picture list the video sliceis collocated with is inferred to be 1 regardless of a value of a thirdsyntax element in the picture header of the video picture indicatingwhich reference picture list the video picture is collocated with. Insome embodiments, in case the slice type of the video slice is P, themanner specifies that a value of a second syntax element in the sliceheader of the video slice indicating which reference picture list thevideo slice is collocated with is inferred to be 1 regardless of otherconditions. In some embodiments, in case the slice type of the videoslice is P, the manner specifies that the value of the second syntaxelement in the slice header of the video slice indicating whichreference picture list the video slice is collocated with is inferred tobe 1 in response to a temporal motion vector prediction being enabledfor the video slice.

In some embodiments, a first syntax element in the picture header of thevideo picture indicates whether the temporal motion vector prediction isenabled for the video picture, and in case the slice type of the videoslice is B and the first syntax element is equal to 1, the mannerspecifies that a value of a second syntax element in the slice header ofthe video slice indicating which reference picture list the video sliceis collocated with is inferred to be equal to a fourth syntax element inthe picture header of the video picture indicating which referencepicture list the video picture is collocated with. In some embodiments,a syntax element in the video picture header specifies a reference indexof a collocated picture of the video picture used for the temporalmotion vector prediction, and the format rule specifies that a value ofthe syntax element is less than a variable that indicates the number ofactive reference entries in the reference picture list 0.

In some embodiments, a syntax element in the video slice headerspecifies a reference index of a collocated picture of the video pictureused for the temporal motion vector prediction, and the format rulespecifies that the syntax element refers to an inactive entry in areference picture list 1. In some embodiments, the format rule furtherspecifies that a reference picture corresponding to the inactive entryin the reference picture list 1 is also referred by an active entry in areference picture list 0. In some embodiments, a syntax element in thevideo slice header specifies a reference index of a collocated pictureof the video picture used for the temporal motion vector prediction ismodified before being used for the conversion. In some embodiments, thesyntax element is mapped to an index in a range between 0 to a number ofactive reference entries in the reference picture list 0 minus 1inclusive. In some embodiments, the syntax element refers to an entry inthe reference picture list 0 and is set to a default collocatedreference index in case the syntax element has a value that is greaterthan or equal to a number of active reference entries in the referencepicture list 0. The default collocated reference index is in a rangebetween 0 and the number of active reference entries in the referencepicture list 0 minus 1 inclusive. In some embodiments, the defaultcollocated reference index is set to 0 or signalled in the bitstream.

In some embodiments, the format rule specifies that a first video sliceof a first type and a second video slice of a second type referring tothe same video picture header use different collocated pictures for theconversion. In some embodiments, the first type is B type of videoslices and the second type is P type of video slices. In someembodiments, a reference picture list is signalled in the video pictureheader, and a reference picture index of a collocated picture issignalled in the video slice header. In some embodiments, the formatrule specifies that the reference picture index of the collocatedpicture is signalled in the video slice header in case (1) the type ofthe slice is P, (2) the reference picture list is signalled in the videopicture header, (3) the temporal motion vector prediction is enabled,and (4) the third syntax element in the video picture header being 0indicating the video picture is not collocated with the referencepicture list 0. In some embodiments, the reference picture index refersto a reference picture in the reference picture list 0.

In some embodiments, the format rule specifies a first collocatedreference picture index is signalled or determined for the first videoslice of type B, and a second collocated reference picture index issignalled or determined for the second video slice of type P. In someembodiments, the first collocated reference picture index and the secondcollocated reference picture index are signalled only in case the thirdsyntax element in the video picture header indicates that the videopicture is not collocated with the reference picture list 0.

In some embodiments, the format rule specifies that whether the firstvideo slice of the first type and the second video slice of the secondtype refer to the same video picture header is signalled in thebitstream. In some embodiments, types of video slices referring to thesame video picture header are signalled in the video picture header. Insome embodiments, the format rule specifies that the types of videoslices referring to the same video picture header are signalled in thevideo picture header only in case a reference picture list is signalledin the video picture header. In some embodiments, the format rulespecifies that a reference picture list is signalled in the videopicture header only in case the types of video slices referring to thesame video picture header are signalled in the video picture header. Insome embodiments, whether there are only B type of video slicesreferring to the same video picture header is signalled in thebitstream. In some embodiments, whether there are only P type of videoslices referring to the same video picture header is signalled in thebitstream. In some embodiments, there are only B type of video slicesand I type of video slices referring to the same video picture header issignalled in the bitstream. In some embodiments, there are only P typeof video slices and I type of video slices referring to the same videopicture header is signalled in the bitstream.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart representation of a method 800 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 800includes, at operation 810, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes a video slice and a bitstreamof the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that aslice type of the video slice determines a value of a first syntaxelement in a video slice header. The first syntax element specifies areference index of a collocated picture used for temporal motion vectorprediction.

In some embodiments, in case the slice type of the video slice is B anda value of a second syntax element in the video slice header indicatingthe video slice is collocated with a reference picture list 0, the firstsyntax element refers to an entry in a reference picture list 0. In someembodiments, the first syntax element is in a range of 0 to (a number ofindices for active reference pictures−1) inclusive.

In some embodiments, in case the slice type of the video slice is P andthe temporal motion vector prediction is enabled, the first syntaxelement is in a range of 0 to (a number of indices for active referencepictures−1) inclusive.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart representation of a method 900 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 900includes, at operation 910, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes a video slice and a bitstreamof the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that,in case a slice type of the video slice is type P and temporal motionvector prediction is enabled, usage of reference picture resampling(RPR) for a reference picture in a collocated reference picture list isdisabled. The reference picture is indicated by a reference index of acollocated picture of the video slice used for the temporal motionvector prediction.

In some embodiments, the collocated reference picture list is determinedbased on a syntax element in a video slice header, the syntax elementindicating whether the video slice is collocated with a referencepicture list 0. In some embodiments, the syntax element is inferred tobe equal to 1 in case the slice type of the video slice is P and thetemporal motion vector prediction is enabled. In some embodiments, thecollocated reference picture list is a reference picture list 0.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart representation of a method 1000 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1000includes, at operation 1010, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes a video slice and a bitstreamof the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that,in case a syntax element in a video slice header indicates that thevideo slice is not collocated with a reference picture list 0, a slicetype of the video slice excludes type P.

In some embodiments, the format rule further specifies that signallingof the slice type is omitted in the bitstream in case (1) information ofa reference picture list is in a video picture header of the bitstream,(2) temporal motion vector prediction is enabled for the video picture,(3) all coded video slices of the video picture has a slice type of typeB or type P, and (4) the video picture is not collocated with areference picture list 0. In some embodiments, the slice type of thevideo slice is inferred to be type B.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart representation of a method 1100 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1100includes, at operation 1110, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes one or more subpictures and abitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rulespecifying that a first syntax element indicating whether an operationis performed across a boundary of a subpicture in the coded layer videosequence is selectively included responsive to a number of subpicturesin the video picture.

In some embodiments, the format rule specifies that the first syntaxelement further indicates all boundaries of the subpicture in the codedlayer video sequence are treated as picture boundaries. In someembodiments, the operation comprises at least one of an intraprediction, an inter prediction, or an in-loop filtering operation. Insome embodiments, the format rule specifies that the syntax element isomitted in the bitstream in case the number of subpictures in the videopicture is 1. In some embodiments, a value of the syntax element isinferred to be 1 indicating that no in-loop filtering operation isperformed across a boundary of the subpicture. In some embodiments, thefirst syntax element is in a sequence parameter set. In someembodiments, the first syntax element comprisessps_independent_subpics_flag.

In some embodiments, the format rule further specifies that the numberof subpictures in the video picture in the coded layer video sequencedetermines a manner of indicating a second syntax element indicatingwhether the one or more subpictures of the video picture are treated asone or more pictures for the conversion, where an in-loop filteringoperation is not applied in the conversion. In some embodiments, in casethe number of subpictures in the picture is 1, a value of the secondsyntax element is inferred to be 1 indicating that the subpicture of thevideo picture is treated as a picture for the conversion. In someembodiments, in case the number of subpictures in the picture is 1, avalue of the second syntax element may be 1 indicating that thesubpicture of the video picture is treated as a picture for theconversion.

In some embodiments, the format rule further specifies that the numberof subpictures in the video picture in the coded layer video sequencedetermines a manner of indicating a third syntax element indicatingwhether an in-loop filtering operation is enabled across a boundary of asubpicture. In some embodiments, the third syntax element furtherindicates whether the in-loop filtering operation is applicable across aboundary of the subpicture. In some embodiments, in case the number ofsubpictures in the picture is 1, a value of the third syntax element isinferred to be 0 indicating that the in-loop filter operation isdisabled across a boundary of the subpicture. In some embodiments, thethird syntax element being inferred to be 0 further indicates thein-loop filtering operation is not applicable across a boundary of thesubpicture. In some embodiments, in case the number of subpictures inthe picture is 1, a value of the third syntax element may be 0indicating that the loop filter operation is disabled across a boundaryof the subpicture. In some embodiments, the third syntax element may be0 further indicates the in-loop filtering operation is not applicableacross a boundary of the subpicture.

In some embodiments, the number of subpictures is indicated by a syntaxelement sps_num_subpics_nimus1. In some embodiments, the number ofsubpictures is indicated by a syntax elementone_subpic_per_pic_contraint_flag.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart representation of a method 1200 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1200includes, at operation 1210, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes one or more subpictures and abitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rulespecifying that a number of subpictures in the video picture in thebitstream is constrained by a constraint flag in the bitstream.

In some embodiments, the constraint flag comprisesone_subpic_per_pic_contraint_flag. In some embodiments, the number ofsubpictures may be 1 in case the constraint flag has a value of 1.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart representation of a method 1300 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1300includes, at operation 1310, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes one or more subpictures and abitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rulespecifying that a number of slices in a subpicture determines a mannerof signalling a syntax element indicating a width of a slice, where thewidth of the slice is specified as a number of tile columns.

In some embodiments, the syntax element is omitted in the bitstream, andthe width of the slice is inferred in case the number of slices in thesubpicture is 1. In some embodiments, the width of the slice is inferredto be 1 tile column.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart representation of a method 1400 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1400includes, at operation 1410, performing a conversion between a videocomprising a video picture that includes one or more subpictures and abitstream of the video according to a format rule specifying thatwhether each of the one or more subpictures in the video pictureincludes a single slice is determined based on a constraint flag.

In some embodiments, a syntax element indicates whether each of the oneor more subpictures in the video picture includes a single slice, andthe constraint flag indicates whether the video picture is partitionedinto more than one tile or slice. In some embodiments, a single sliceindicates only one rectangular slice. In some embodiments, the syntaxelement is inferred to be equal to 1 in case the constraint flagindicates that the video picture is not partitioned into more than onetile or slice. In some embodiments, the syntax element is inferred to beequal to 1 in case the constraint flag indicates that no picturepartitioning is applied to the video picture. In some embodiments, thesyntax element is not present in the bitstream and the value of thesyntax element is inferred to be equal to 1, in case the constraint flagindicates that no picture partitioning is applied to the video picture.In some embodiments, the syntax element is inferred to be equal to theconstraint flag.

In some embodiments, a syntax element indicates whether each of the oneor more subpictures in the video picture includes a single slice, theconstraint flag indicates whether the video picture includes a singleslice, and the syntax element is equal to 1 in case the constraint flagis equal to 1. In some embodiments, a syntax element indicates whethereach of the one or more subpictures in the video picture includes asingle slice, the constraint flag indicates whether the video pictureincludes a single slice, and the syntax element is equal to 1 in casethe constraint flag is equal to 1 and the single slice is of arectangular shape. In some embodiments, all video pictures controlled bythe syntax element and the constraint flag refer to a same pictureparameter set.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart representation of a method 1500 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1500includes, at operation 1510, performing a conversion between a videocomprising video pictures and a bitstream of the video. At least one ofthe video pictures includes one or more subpictures. The bitstreamconforms to a format rule specifying that, for determining an outputsub-bitstream of one or more target subpictures during a subpicturesub-bitstream extraction process of the conversion, each targetsubpicture across different video pictures uses a same subpicture index.

In some embodiments, a list of target subpicture index values for theone or more target subpictures is used as an input for the subpicturesub-bitstream extraction process, and the list of target subpictureindex values is the same across different video pictures. In someembodiments, one or more subpicture identifiers across different videopictures are used for the subpicture sub-bitstream extraction process,and the one or more subpicture identifiers correspond to a same list oftarget subpicture indices. In some embodiments, the one or more targetsubpictures used for determining the output sub-bitstream in thesubpicture sub-bitstream extraction process are determined based on thesubpicture index.

In some embodiments, a manner of modifying syntax elements fordetermining the output sub-bitstream in the subpicture sub-bitstreamextraction process is determined based on the subpicture index. In someembodiments, the manner of modifying the syntax elements comprisesrewriting and/or removing the syntax elements. In some embodiments, incase a syntax element indicating that a subpicture identifier mapping isexplicitly signalled in the bitstream, the subpicture identifier mappingis omitted in a picture parameter set. In some embodiments, in case asyntax element indicating that a subpicture identifier mapping isexplicitly signalled in the bitstream, the subpicture identifier mappingis signalled in a picture parameter set.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart representation of a method 1600 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1600includes, at operation 1610, determining an output sub-bitstream byextracting a sub-bitstream of one or more target subpictures from abitstream of a video comprising video pictures. At least one of thevideo pictures includes one or more subpictures and the outputsub-bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that the one or moretarget subpictures is represented as a single subpicture in the outputsub-bitstream.

In some embodiments, one or more syntax elements of the outputsub-bitstream are rewritten and/or removed for the determining. In someembodiments, one or more syntax elements referred to the one or moretarget subpictures in all output layers are omitted in the outputsub-bitstream responsive to representing the one or more targetsubpictures as the single subpicture in the output sub-bitstream. Insome embodiments, the one or more syntax elements include a first syntaxelement indicating whether the subpicture is treated as a picture. Insome embodiments, the first syntax element is inferred to be equal to 1indicating that the subpicture is treated as a picture. In someembodiments, the one or more syntax elements include a second syntaxelement indicating whether a loop filter operation is enabled across aboundary of the subpicture. In some embodiments, the second syntaxelement is inferred to be equal to 0 indicating that the loop filteroperation is disabled across a boundary of the subpicture.

In some embodiments, a third syntax element in all referred syntaxstructures of a sequence parameter set and a fourth syntax element inall referred syntax structures of a picture parameter set are modifiedto be 0, the third syntax element and the fourth syntax elementindicating a number of subpictures in a video picture minus 1. In someembodiments, a fifth syntax element indicating whether an operation isperformed across a boundary of the subpicture is modified to be equalto 1. In some embodiments, a sixth syntax element indicating whether avideo picture is partitioned is modified in a syntax structure referredin the sub-bitstream. In some embodiments, the sixth syntax element isconditionally modified based on a number of tiles or slices in thesubpicture. In some embodiments, in case the subpicture includes asingle tile or slice, the sixth syntax element is modified to be equalto 1 indicating that the video picture is not partitioned. In someembodiments, in case the number of tiles or slices in the subpicture isgreater than 1, the sixth syntax element is modified to be equal to 0indicating that the video picture is partitioned.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart representation of a method 1700 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1700includes, at operation 1710, performing a conversion between a videocomprising an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture and abitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rulespecifying that one or more syntax elements associated with a referencepicture list are present in a slice header of the IDR picture.

In some embodiments, a syntax flag indicates that the one or more syntaxelements are present in the slice header of the IDR picture. In someembodiments, the syntax flag is set to be equal to 1.

In some embodiments, the conversion comprises determining an outputbitstream by merging two input bitstreams of the video. A networkabstraction layer (NAL) unit type of one of the two input bitstreams isan intra random access point (IRAP) video coding layer (VCL) NAL unittype, and the reference picture list of the IDR picture is available forthe conversion.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart representation of a method 1800 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1800includes, at operation 1810, performing a conversion between a videocomprising luma video blocks and chroma video blocks and a bitstream ofthe video. The luma video blocks are partitioned according to lumapartition trees, and the chroma video blocks are partitioned accordingto chroma partition trees. The bitstream includes luma block splittinginformation indicative of the luma partition trees and chroma blocksplitting information indicative of the chroma partition trees. Thebitstream conforms to a rule specifying that the chroma block splittinginformation is allowed to be different from the luma block splittinginformation.

In some embodiments, the luma video block or the chroma video blockcomprises a coding tree block, a transform block, a picture block, or acoding block. In some embodiments, the chroma partition trees comprise achroma dual tree, and at least a splitting structure or a splittingsyntax element of the chroma video blocks is different from a splittingstructure or a splitting syntax element of the luma video blocks. Insome embodiments, the luma partition tree comprises a local dual tree,and at least a splitting structure or a splitting syntax element of thechroma video blocks is different from a splitting structure or asplitting syntax element of the luma video blocks.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart representation of a method 1900 for videoprocessing in accordance with the present technology. The method 1900includes, at operation 1910, performing a conversion between a videocomprising video pictures that include one or more subpictures and abitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rulespecifying that that one or more syntax structures are constrained basedon a constraint flag of a syntax element that includes generalconstraints information.

In some embodiments, the constraint flag comprises onetile_per_pic_constraint_flag indicating whether each video picture inone or more output layer sets specified by a video parameter setincludes a single tile, and the one or more syntax structures comprise afirst syntax structure NumTilesInPic indicating a number of tiles in apicture that is constrained to be 1 in caseone_tile_per_pic_constraint_flag is equal to 1. In some embodiments, theconstraint flag comprises one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag indicatingwhether each video picture in one or more output layer sets specified bya video parameter set includes a single slice, and the one or moresyntax structures comprise a second syntax elementnum_slices_in_pic_minus1 indicating a number of rectangular slices ineach video picture minus 1. In some embodiments, the second syntaxelement num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is constrained to be 0 in caseone_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag is equal to 1 and another syntaxelement rect_slice_flag indicating usage of rectangular slices in videopictures is equal to 1. In some embodiments, the second syntax elementnum_slices_in_pic_minus1 in each slice header of the bitstream isconstrained to be equal to a number of tiles in a video picture minus 1in case one_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag is equal to 1 and anothersyntax element rect_slice_flag indicating usage of rectangular slices invideo pictures is equal to 0.

In some embodiments, the constraint flag comprisesone_subpic_per_pic_constraint flag indicating whether a video pictureincludes a single subpicture, and wherein the one or more syntaxelements comprise a third syntax element sps_num_subpics_minus1indicating a number of subpictures in a video picture that isconstrained to be 0 in case one_subpic_per_pic_constraint is equal to 1.In some embodiments, the constraint flag comprises a flag indicatingwhether sps_subpic_info_present_flag for all pictures in one or moreoutput layer sets specified by a video parameter set is equal to 0, andwherein the one or more syntax structures comprise a third syntaxelement sps_num_subpics_minus1 indicating a number of subpictures in avideo picture that is constrained to be 0 in caseone_subpic_per_pic_constraint is equal to 1. In some embodiments,sps_subpic_info_present_flag being equal to 0 indicates that each videopicture includes a single subpicture and subpicture information is notpresent.

In some embodiments, the one or more syntax elements are in a sliceparameter set, a video parameter set, a picture parameter set, a pictureheader, or a slice header. In some embodiments, the one or more syntaxelements comprise a syntax flag indicating whether a coding tool isenabled or not. In some embodiments, the syntax flag is constrained tobe 0 indicating the coding tool is disabled in case the constraint flagis equal to 1. In some embodiments, the syntax flag is overridden basedon the constraint flag.

In some embodiments, whether the syntax flag is present in the bitstreamis based on the constraint flag. In some embodiments, the syntax flag isomitted in the bitstream in case the constraint flag is equal to 1. Insome embodiments, the syntax flag is inferred to be 0 indicating thatthe coding tool is disabled.

In some embodiments, the constraint flag indicates that there is noresolution change in a coded layer video sequence (CLVS), and whereinthe one or more syntax elements comprise a first syntax element in asequence parameter set indicating whether a resolution change is allowedin the CLVS. In some embodiments, the first syntax element is omitted inthe bitstream in case the constraint flag is equal to 1. In someembodiments, the first syntax element is inferred to be 0 indicatingthat the resolution change is disallowed in the CLVS.

In some embodiments, the one or more syntax elements further comprise asecond syntax element indicating a scaling window offset parameter, andwhether the second syntax element is present in the bitstream is basedon at least the constraint flag or the first syntax element. In someembodiments, the second syntax element is omitted in the bitstream incase the first syntax element is equal to 0 indicating the resolutionchange is disallowed in the CLVS. In some embodiments, the second syntaxelement is omitted in the bitstream in case the constraint flag is equalto 1 indicating that there is no resolution change in the CLVS. In someembodiments, the second syntax element is inferred to be 0.

In some embodiments, the constraint flag comprisesone_slice_per_pic_constraint_flag indicating whether a video pictureincludes a single slice, and the one or more syntax elements comprise asyntax flag one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag indicating whether avideo picture includes a single subpicture. In some embodiments, thesyntax flag one_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag is omitted in thebitstream in case the constraint flag is equal to 1, and wherein thesyntax flag is inferred to be 1 indicating that a video picture includesa single subpicture. In some embodiments, the syntax flagone_subpic_per_pic_constraint_flag is included in the bitstream in casethe constraint flag is equal to 0. In some embodiments, the constraintflag comprises no_transform_skip_constraint_flag indicating whethertransform skip is disallowed for the conversion, and the one or moresyntax elements comprise a syntax flag no_bdpcm_constraint flagindicating whether a block differential pulse-code modulation (BDPCM)coding tool is disallowed. In some embodiments, the syntax flag isconstrained to be 1 indicating that the BDPCM coding tool is disallowedin case the constraint flag is equal to 1 indicating that transform skipis disallowed. In some embodiments, the syntax flag is omitted in thebitstream in case the constraint flag is equal to 1 indicating thattransform skip is disallowed. In some embodiments, the syntax flag isinferred to be 1 indicating that the BDPCM coding tool is disallowed.

In some embodiments, whether the constraint flag is present in thebitstream is based on at least one other constraint flag in the syntaxstructure. In some embodiments, the at least one other constraint flagis defined as a constraint group flag. In some embodiments, multipleconstraint flags are grouped based on a coding tool type of a profile ofthe video. In some embodiments, a value of a constraint flag in onegroup is determined based on a corresponding constraint group flag. Insome embodiments, whether a constraint flag is present in the bitstreamis determined based on a corresponding constraint group flag. In someembodiments, the constraint flag is inferred to be 0 in case theconstraint flag is omitted in the bitstream.

In some embodiments, the conversion comprises encoding the video intothe bitstream. In some embodiments, the conversion comprises decodingthe video from the bitstream.

In the present document, the term “video processing” may refer to videoencoding, video decoding, video compression or video decompression. Forexample, video compression algorithms may be applied during conversionfrom pixel representation of a video to a corresponding bitstreamrepresentation or vice versa. The bitstream (coded) representation of acurrent video block may, for example, correspond to bits that are eitherco-located or spread in different places within the bitstream, as isdefined by the syntax. For example, a macroblock may be encoded in termsof transformed and coded error residual values and also using bits inheaders and other fields in the bitstream. Furthermore, a video encodermay perform an encoding operation according to the described format rulesuch that the coded representation that is produced by the encodingoperation conforms to the format. Similarly, a decoder may parse thecoded representation with the knowledge of the format rule (e.g.,whether to expect presence or absence of certain fields according to theformat rule) and perform decoding operation to generate video pixelvalues.

The disclosed and other solutions, examples, embodiments, modules andthe functional operations described in this document can be implementedin digital electronic circuitry, or in computer software, firmware, orhardware, including the structures disclosed in this document and theirstructural equivalents, or in combinations of one or more of them. Thedisclosed and other embodiments can be implemented as one or morecomputer program products, i.e., one or more modules of computer programinstructions encoded on a computer readable medium for execution by, orto control the operation of, data processing apparatus. The computerreadable medium can be a machine-readable storage device, amachine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a composition ofmatter effecting a machine-readable propagated signal, or a combinationof one or more them. The term “data processing apparatus” encompassesall apparatus, devices, and machines for processing data, including byway of example a programmable processor, a computer, or multipleprocessors or computers. The apparatus can include, in addition tohardware, code that creates an execution environment for the computerprogram in question, e.g., code that constitutes processor firmware, aprotocol stack, a database management system, an operating system, or acombination of one or more of them. A propagated signal is anartificially generated signal, e.g., a machine-generated electrical,optical, or electromagnetic signal, that is generated to encodeinformation for transmission to suitable receiver apparatus.

A computer program (also known as a program, software, softwareapplication, script, or code) can be written in any form of programminglanguage, including compiled or interpreted languages, and it can bedeployed in any form, including as a stand-alone program or as a module,component, subroutine, or other unit suitable for use in a computingenvironment. A computer program does not necessarily correspond to afile in a file system. A program can be stored in a portion of a filethat holds other programs or data (e.g., one or more scripts stored in amarkup language document), in a single file dedicated to the program inquestion, or in multiple coordinated files (e.g., files that store oneor more modules, sub programs, or portions of code). A computer programcan be deployed to be executed on one computer or on multiple computersthat are located at one site or distributed across multiple sites andinterconnected by a communication network.

The processes and logic flows described in this document can beperformed by one or more programmable processors executing one or morecomputer programs to perform functions by operating on input data andgenerating output. The processes and logic flows can also be performedby, and apparatus can also be implemented as, special purpose logiccircuitry, e.g., an field programmable gate array (FPGA) or anapplication specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

Processors suitable for the execution of a computer program include, byway of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, andany one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, aprocessor will receive instructions and data from a read only memory ora random-access memory or both. The essential elements of a computer area processor for performing instructions and one or more memory devicesfor storing instructions and data. Generally, a computer will alsoinclude, or be operatively coupled to receive data from or transfer datato, or both, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, e.g.,magnetic, magneto optical disks, or optical disks. However, a computerneed not have such devices. Computer readable media suitable for storingcomputer program instructions and data include all forms of non-volatilememory, media and memory devices, including by way of examplesemiconductor memory devices, e.g., erasable programmable read-onlymemory (EPROM), electrically EPROM (EEPROM), and flash memory devices;magnetic disks, e.g., internal hard disks or removable disks; magnetooptical disks; and compact disc read-only memory (CD ROM) and digitalversatile disc read-only memory (DVD-ROM) disks. The processor and thememory can be supplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logiccircuitry.

While this patent document contains many specifics, these should not beconstrued as limitations on the scope of any subject matter or of whatmay be claimed, but rather as descriptions of features that may bespecific to particular embodiments of particular techniques. Certainfeatures that are described in this patent document in the context ofseparate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a singleembodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in thecontext of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multipleembodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover,although features may be described above as acting in certaincombinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more featuresfrom a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from thecombination, and the claimed combination may be directed to asubcombination or variation of a subcombination.

Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particularorder, this should not be understood as requiring that such operationsbe performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, orthat all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirableresults. Moreover, the separation of various system components in theembodiments described in this patent document should not be understoodas requiring such separation in all embodiments.

Only a few implementations and examples are described and otherimplementations, enhancements and variations can be made based on whatis described and illustrated in this patent document.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of processing video data, comprising:performing a conversion between a video comprising video pictures thatinclude one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video, whereinthe bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that one or moresyntax elements are constrained based on one or more constraint flags ofgeneral constraints information, wherein the one or more constraintflags comprise a first constraint flag indicating whether each videopicture in an output layer set contains only one slice, wherein the oneor more syntax elements comprises a first syntax element present in eachslice header of the output layer set, wherein a value of the firstsyntax element plus 1 indicates a number of tiles in a slice, whereinwhen the first constraint flag is equal to 1 and a second syntax elementindicating whether a rectangular slice is in use for each video pictureis equal to 0, the first syntax element is constrained to be equal to avariable minus 1, wherein the variable indicates a number of tiles in avideo picture, wherein the first constraint flag being equal to 1indicates that each video picture contains only one slice, and whereinthe second syntax element being equal to 0 indicates that therectangular slice is not in use for each video picture.
 2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the one or more syntax elements further comprises athird syntax element, a value of which plus 1 indicates a number ofrectangular slices in each video picture, wherein the third syntaxelement is constrained to be equal to 0 when the first constraint flagis equal to 1 and the second syntax element is equal to 1, and whereinthe second syntax element being equal to 1 indicates that therectangular slice is in use for each video picture.
 3. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the variable is constrained to be equal to 1 when asecond constraint flag indicating whether each video picture in theoutput layer set contains only one tile is equal to 1, and wherein thesecond constraint flag being equal to 1 indicates that each videopicture in the output layer set contains only one tile.
 4. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the one or more constraint flags further comprise athird constraint flag indicating whether a video picture comprises onlyone subpicture and whether subpicture information is present, whereinthe one or more syntax elements further comprise a fourth syntaxelement, a value of which plus 1 indicates a number of subpictures inthe video picture, wherein the fourth syntax element is constrained tobe 0 when the third constraint flag is equal to 1, and wherein the thirdconstraint flag being equal to 1 indicates that the video picturecomprises only one subpicture and the subpicture information is notpresent.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversion comprisesencoding the video into the bitstream.
 6. The method of claim 1, whereinthe conversion comprises decoding the video from the bitstream.
 7. Anapparatus for processing video data comprising a processor and anon-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein theinstructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to:perform a conversion between a video comprising video pictures thatinclude one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video, whereinthe bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that one or moresyntax elements are constrained based on one or more constraint flags ofgeneral constraints information, wherein the one or more constraintflags comprise a first constraint flag indicating whether each videopicture in an output layer set contains only one slice, wherein the oneor more syntax elements comprises a first syntax element present in eachslice header of the output layer set, wherein a value of the firstsyntax element plus 1 indicates a number of tiles in a slice, whereinwhen the first constraint flag is equal to 1 and a second syntax elementindicating whether a rectangular slice is in use for each video pictureis equal to 0, the first syntax element is constrained to be equal to avariable minus 1, wherein the variable indicates a number of tiles in avideo picture, wherein the first constraint flag being equal to 1indicates that each video picture contains only one slice, and whereinthe second syntax element being equal to 0 indicates that therectangular slice is not in use for each video picture.
 8. The apparatusof claim 7, wherein the one or more syntax elements further comprises athird syntax element, a value of which plus 1 indicates a number ofrectangular slices in each video picture, wherein the third syntaxelement is constrained to be equal to 0 when the first constraint flagis equal to 1 and the second syntax element is equal to 1, and whereinthe second syntax element being equal to 1 indicates that therectangular slice is in use for each video picture.
 9. The apparatus ofclaim 7, wherein the variable is constrained to be equal to 1 when asecond constraint flag indicating whether each video picture in theoutput layer set contains only one tile is equal to 1, and wherein thesecond constraint flag being equal to 1 indicates that each videopicture in the output layer set contains only one tile.
 10. Theapparatus of claim 7, wherein the one or more constraint flags furthercomprise a third constraint flag indicating whether a video picturecomprises only one subpicture and whether subpicture information ispresent, wherein the one or more syntax elements further comprise afourth syntax element, a value of which plus 1 indicates a number ofsubpictures in the video picture, wherein the fourth syntax element isconstrained to be 0 when the third constraint flag is equal to 1, andwherein the third constraint flag being equal to 1 indicates that thevideo picture comprises only one subpicture and the subpictureinformation is not present.
 11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein theapparatus is an encoder.
 12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein theapparatus is a decoder.
 13. A non-transitory computer-readable storagemedium storing instructions that cause a processor to: perform aconversion between a video comprising video pictures that include one ormore subpictures and a bitstream of the video, wherein the bitstreamconforms to a format rule specifying that one or more syntax elementsare constrained based on one or more constraint flags of generalconstraints information, wherein the one or more constraint flagscomprise a first constraint flag indicating whether each video picturein an output layer set contains only one slice, wherein the one or moresyntax elements comprises a first syntax element present in each sliceheader of the output layer set, wherein a value of the first syntaxelement plus 1 indicates a number of tiles in a slice, wherein when thefirst constraint flag is equal to 1 and a second syntax elementindicating whether a rectangular slice is in use for each video pictureis equal to 0, the first syntax element is constrained to be equal to avariable minus 1, wherein the variable indicates a number of tiles in avideo picture, wherein the first constraint flag being equal to 1indicates that each video picture contains only one slice, and whereinthe second syntax element being equal to 0 indicates that therectangular slice is not in use for each video picture.
 14. Thenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein theone or more syntax elements further comprises a third syntax element, avalue of which plus 1 indicates a number of rectangular slices in eachvideo picture, wherein the third syntax element is constrained to beequal to 0 when the first constraint flag is equal to 1 and the secondsyntax element is equal to 1, and wherein the second syntax elementbeing equal to I indicates that the rectangular slice is in use for eachvideo picture.
 15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage mediumof claim 13, wherein the variable is constrained to be equal to 1 when asecond constraint flag indicating whether each video picture in theoutput layer set contains only one tile is equal to 1, and wherein thesecond constraint flag being equal to 1 indicates that each videopicture in the output layer set contains only one tile.
 16. Thenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein theone or more constraint flags further comprise a third constraint flagindicating whether a video picture comprises only one subpicture andwhether subpicture information is present, wherein the one or moresyntax elements further comprise a fourth syntax element, a value ofwhich plus 1 indicates a number of subpictures in the video picture,wherein the fourth syntax element is constrained to be 0 when the thirdconstraint flag is equal to 1, and wherein the third constraint flagbeing equal to 1 indicates that the video picture comprises only onesubpicture and the subpicture information is not present.
 17. Anon-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a bitstream ofa video which is generated by a method performed by a video processingapparatus, wherein the method comprises: generating the bitstream of thevideo comprising video pictures that include one or more subpictures,wherein the bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that one ormore syntax elements are constrained based on one or more constraintflags of general constraints information, wherein the one or moreconstraint flags comprise a first constraint flag indicating whethereach video picture in an output layer set contains only one slice,wherein the one or more syntax elements comprises a first syntax elementpresent in each slice header of the output layer set, wherein a value ofthe first syntax element plus 1 indicates a number of tiles in a slice,wherein when the first constraint flag is equal to 1 and a second syntaxelement indicating whether a rectangular slice is in use for each videopicture is equal to 0, the first syntax element is constrained to beequal to a variable minus 1, wherein the variable indicates a number oftiles in a video picture, wherein the first constraint flag being equalto 1 indicates that each video picture contains only one slice, andwherein the second syntax element being equal to 0 indicates that therectangular slice is not in use for each video picture.
 18. Thenon-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 17, whereinthe one or more syntax elements further comprises a third syntaxelement, a value of which plus 1 indicates a number of rectangularslices in each video picture, wherein the third syntax element isconstrained to be equal to 0 when the first constraint flag is equal to1 and the second syntax element is equal to 1, and wherein the secondsyntax element being equal to I indicates that the rectangular slice isin use for each video picture.
 19. The non-transitory computer-readablerecording medium of claim 17, wherein the variable is constrained to beequal to 1 when a second constraint flag indicating whether each videopicture in the output layer set contains only one tile is equal to 1,and wherein the second constraint flag being equal to 1 indicates thateach video picture in the output layer set contains only one tile. 20.The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 17,wherein the one or more constraint flags further comprise a thirdconstraint flag indicating whether a video picture comprises only onesubpicture and whether subpicture information is present, wherein theone or more syntax elements further comprise a fourth syntax element, avalue of which plus 1 indicates a number of subpictures in the videopicture, wherein the fourth syntax element is constrained to be 0 whenthe third constraint flag is equal to 1, and wherein the thirdconstraint flag being equal to 1 indicates that the video picturecomprises only one subpicture and the subpicture information is notpresent.